Maryland

Battle Against Rural Road Carnage Focuses on Drivers, Not Roads Themselves

WASHINGTON – Road design is only partly to blame for the relatively high number of alcohol-related fatalities on the state’s rural roads

Maryland Guards Against Resurgence in TB Rates

ANNAPOLIS – Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest disease killing almost 3 million people a year, but many Americans think it is a thing of the past, say health officials

Mercy Medical Center Nurses Take Precautions Against Tuberculosis

ANNAPOLIS – Christie Brown places a properly fitted blue mask over her mouth and nose before she enters the isolation room at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore

Maryland’s Booming Tax-Exempt Sector Brings Jobs, Spin-Off Business to State

BALTIMORE – After 55 years of renting pricey office space in Manhattan, Jonathan Frerichs says he’s glad his organization settled on a permanent headquarters overlooking Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor

Aggressive Recruiting Helps Maryland Land Major Non-Profit Organizations

WASHINGTON – Cheaper property, a better quality of life and proximity to Washington helped lure Lutheran World Relief and its 40 employees to Baltimore after 55 years in Manhattan

New Challenge to Maryland’s Death Row Cases Could Come This Summer

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s high court will hear a case early next month that has the potential to save the life of everyone on the state’s death row

Smaller Shore Counties Scramble for Teachers Who Look Like Minority Students

ANNAPOLIS – Caroline County hired 25 new teachers last September, but just four of them were minorities, all black

Cat Becomes State Symbol As Glendening Signs 200 Bills

ANNAPOLIS – It’s official: the calico cat will become Maryland’s state cat