Maryland

WALDORF – It’s ugly, said one farmer about prices at Maryland’s annual tobacco auction, which began earlier this month without the usual opening ceremonies

WASHINGTON – While their overall populations grew slightly or remained stable, the number of children continued to ebb in counties at the far reaches of the state

WASHINGTON – Even though the General Assembly won’t redraw political districts until the 2002 session, Maryland Republicans are already contemplating a lawsuit over the coming redistricting

ANNAPOLIS – A measure to reduce the legal drunken-driving threshold from

ANNAPOLIS – House leaders introduced legislation Thursday to clarify Maryland’s open records law and to create a task force to study how to make public documents more accessible, after a media study turned up numerous problems with agency compliance

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate approved Gov

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate backed a bill Thursday to report on and educate citizens about pesticides released into the environment and their effects on humans

GREENBELT – For the court clerks who handle bankruptcy paperwork, the sound of changing bankruptcy law is the distinctive “thump-thump” from office time-stamp machines

ANNAPOLIS – A proposal to gather data on antibiotic-laced animal feed is likely dead for the year, after both the Maryland Senate and a House panel defeated the measure Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers seem to have their own agenda for an issue that’s spent months on the national stage: controlling the rising cost of prescription drugs