Maryland

GOP Girds for Possible Legal Fight Over Democrats’ Redistricting Designs

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

Maryland Senate Joins House In Backing Lower Drunken-Driving Standard

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

Media Study Spurs Bill To Make Agencies Comply With Public Records’ Laws

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

Senate Slashes Glendening Budget By $342 Million

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate approved Gov

Senate Passes Bill to Educate Citizens on Pesticide Health Hazards

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

Debtors Rush to File for Bankruptcy, As Stricter Standards Loom

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

Maryland Lawmakers Opt Out of Chicken Feed Flap

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

Senior Drug Coverage Wins Key Approvals

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

Poultry Plants Could Bring New Power to Maryland, But At a Price

ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore lawmakers braved the rain Wednesday to tell a House committee they support a tax credit for power plants using poultry manure as fuel, but Maryland chicken powerhouse Perdue Farms says it has a better solution