Maryland

COLLEGE PARK – Ben Hyman is only 13, but he has a lot to teach local government officials about Smart Growth

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s kindergarten classes could get a little older in the coming years, according to a proposal approved by the State Board of Education yesterday

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices peppered lawyers from Verizon Maryland Inc

WASHINGTON – Officials at Birthright Israel voted unanimously Tuesday to go ahead with plans to send close to 9,000 youths to visit Israel this winter, despite recent outbreaks of violence in popular tourist regions there

WASHINGTON – Forty-seven Maryland companies will have to resubmit clean- air permit applications to the state, after the U

ANNAPOLIS – With a Dec

ANNAPOLIS – Despite ranking 19th in state population, Maryland is fifth in the annual number of AIDS incidences, a statistic fueled by drug use and cited by activists trying to make the state do more to combat the virus

ANNAPOLIS – Jim Hill’s 87-foot chestnut tree may be the unsung hero in the battle against chestnut blight — or the attempt to grow a nearly pure American blight-resistant chestnut tree

ANNAPOLIS – Tens of thousands of low-income senior citizens have found relief from high medicine costs through Maryland’s newly expanded prescription drug relief program, health department officials reported to the General Assembly

WASHINGTON – In an unimposing laboratory tucked away on a ninth-floor hallway at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a three-person team spends its days trying to keep one step ahead of food-borne illness outbreaks