ANNAPOLIS – Lobbyists for the Eastern Shore’s biggest industry, the poultry producers, and the Eastern Shore delegation enjoyed a successful 90-day General Assembly session, not only because of what happened, but for what didn’t by the time it ended Monday
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Maryland Lawmakers See Good, Bad, Ugly in President’s Proposed Budget
WASHINGTON- President Bush’s fiscal 2002 budget will be hit and miss for Maryland, which will benefit in areas such as health research and education, but may suffer from environmental and transportation spending cuts, lawmakers said
Montgomery Lawmakers Celebrate 2001 Success, Plan for 2002
ANNAPOLIS – Despite a slowing economy, Montgomery County lawmakers congratulated themselves Tuesday on winning a sizable chunk of construction funds and passing many favorite bills during the General Assembly session that closed Monday
Firefighter Debate Killed Safe Haven Measure for Abandoned Newborns
ANNAPOLIS – A bill to give immunity to desperate mothers who abandon their newborns died when lawmakers couldn’t agree on how to treat firefighter protests before the Maryland General Assembly adjourned for the year Monday
Prince George’s County Lawmakers Count General Assembly Successful, Despite Lack of School Reform
ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County lawmakers Tuesday heralded the $573
State Prepares for West Nile Virus Season
ANNAPOLIS – It’s inevitable: West Nile virus will return to Maryland this summer, but the impact on humans should be minimal, state officials say
Chinese Carryout: National Zoo Gets Pandas’ Bamboo from Prince George’s Farm
WASHINGTON – At age 90, Nancy Poore Tufts has earned two masters degrees in music, was an organist and church choir director for almost 70 years, drove an ambulance in Washington in the 1940s and was a founder and longtime director of the Potomac English Hand-bell Ringers group
Maryland Has Nation’s Second-Highest Percentage of Women Business Owners
WASHINGTON – Maryland has the second-highest percentage of women-owned businesses in the nation, according to new Census Bureau data, many of them new, small companies like Pam Young’s Eye of the Needle Embroidery