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Lottery Asks For Credit Card Buying Power
ANNAPOLIS – Lottery players could buy up to a year’s worth of Lotto or Big Game tickets on credit under a bill in the Maryland General Assembly that would ease a restriction against credit card use
Minority Democrats, GOP Criticize Governor’s Redistricting Map
ANNAPOLIS – Minority members of the Democratic Party and Republicans have accused Gov
Montgomery Students Protest Legislative Move to End Vote on Education Board
ANNAPOLIS – More than 20 teen-agers jammed Montgomery’s House delegation meeting Friday to protest two bills to limit the voting rights of the county’s student member of the board of education, also known as the SMOB
Bill Would Consolidate Crime Victim Programs at Cabinet Level
ANNAPOLIS – Some Maryland lawmakers and victim rights advocates want to consolidate now scattered services for crime victims into one Cabinet-level office
Clock Runs Out, But Benefits Don’t, for State Families Reaching Welfare Limits
WASHINGTON – Time ran out on Jan
Court Orders Back Pay for Domestic Kept in `Slavery-Like’ Conditions by Couple
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a Gaithersburg man who harbored an illegal Brazilian immigrant under slavery-like conditions for almost two decades, and further ordered the man to give her 14 years of back pay
Bill Would Allow Sunday Deer Hunts To Thin Deer Population
ANNAPOLIS – Sunday deer hunts would be allowed under a proposed statewide plan to thin the burgeoning deer population in Maryland
Plenty of Blame, Few Answers to Problem of College Affordability in Maryland
WASHINGTON – A study ranking Maryland’s colleges among the most expensive in the country has state educators, lawmakers and officials haggling over who’s to blame for the problem and how to solve it
Legislation to Ban Cell Phones While Driving Resurfaces
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland should follow New York’s lead in banning cell phone use while driving, said a Baltimore County delegate back for a third try at making such a measure law