Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Despite a Republican filibuster lasting to nearly 3 a

WASHINGTON – African Americans own about one of eight businesses in Maryland, the highest percentage among the nation’s 50 states, according to the Census Bureau

WASHINGTON – The vast majority of Baltimore residents who fled the city during the 1990s were not retiring to Florida or moving out of the region — most were moving to the close-in suburbs and taking much-needed income with them

WASHINGTON – What happens when Maryland Day falls on a Sunday? The same thing that happens when the state holiday falls on any other day of the week — not much

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates surprised supporters of a death penalty moratorium Friday by giving preliminary approval to a favorable committee report on that bill

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates unanimously approved a bill Friday to ease the rising costs of prescriptions drugs for poor, uninsured people and the elderly

ANNAPOLIS – Medical marijuana legislation is nearly dead this year, and supportive lawmakers have little hope they can resurrect it

WASHINGTON – Joyce Easton gets the dead-squirrel call all the time

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