Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – An anti-gay rights referendum slated for the November 2002 ballot remains in jeopardy after a court hearing Wednesday

WASHINGTON – Maryland could lose $345 million in corporate taxes over the next three years under an economic stimulus package being pushed in Congress, according to one budget policy group

ANNAPOLIS – Daily flights from Cumberland Regional Airport to Baltimore/ Washington International Airport will not start today, as previously announced by the airline and the airports

ANNAPOLIS – More needs to be done to protect Maryland’s streams from acid rain, environmentalists say, citing a new study showing that the state’s streams have not recovered since the Clean Air Act of 1990 was adopted

WASHINGTON – The only shield between anthrax and the Marines testing Capitol Hill for the deadly bacterium looks like little more than a white trash bag, sealed with silver tape around bright yellow boots, and topped off with an alien-looking forced-air mask

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s dismal 2001 crab harvest is likely to match last year’s record-low catch when the season ends Wednesday, Department of Natural Resources officials said

WASHINGTON – The 2000 Census counted 2,545 people in emergency and transitional housing in Maryland last year, a number that homeless advocates said represents only a tiny fraction of the state’s homeless

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators are revisiting the policy that keeps thousands of Maryland residents from participating in the electoral process

WASHINGTON – Local governments would be the first to respond to terrorist attacks and need federal support — perhaps as much as $3 billion — to do the job right, county government officials said Friday