Maryland

WASHINGTON – Ocean City Mayor James Mathias defended the city’s development and beach replenishment efforts Thursday to a panel of coastal scientists and urged them to fight for continued federal funding for coastal programs

WASHINGTON – The soul of America weighs 50 pounds, is 30 by 34 feet and lies on a table behind a monstrous glass wall at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History

ANNAPOLIS – Managed care for the poor in Garrett County may be in jeopardy next year, health professionals warned legislators this week

WASHINGTON – Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp

Inspectors fanned out across Maryland Wednesday to test businesses and postal facilities for the presence of anthrax, after mail was rerouted to the state from a contaminated District facility

GLEN BURNIE – President Bush touted his economic stimulus package to a Glen Burnie factory full of workers Wednesday, reassuring them that he will not allow the American economy to become a victim of terrorism

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawmakers split Wednesday on a plan to stimulate the faltering economy, but voted overwhelmingly for anti-terrorism legislation that would expand police power to secretly search homes, tap phone lines and monitor Internet use of suspected terrorists

ANNAPOLIS – The Board of Public Works has often been a battleground for Comptroller William Donald Schaefer and Gov

WASHINGTON – Communications and evacuation plans were the biggest problem areas in local governments’ response to the Sept

WASHINGTON – A federal judge found that Charles County was within its rights when it rezoned a tract of land on the Potomac River to allow 43 homes instead of the originally approved 252