Maryland

Education Spending Rises, Falls Short

ANNAPOLIS – Education spending will increase under Gov

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

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