Maryland

Poultry Industry, Eastern Shore Prevail as General Assembly Session Ends

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

Glendening Signs Tougher Drunken-Driving Laws

ANNAPOLIS – Come Sept

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