Maryland

Weight-loss Surgery Worth Coverage, Witnesses Tell Maryland House Panel

ANNAPOLIS – Jacquelyn Leach has been obese her entire life

Home-Schooled Students Turning to Community Colleges for Higher Education

WASHINGTON – When it came time for Mike Somerville to choose a college, the Derwood teen wasn’t itching to go away the way many high school seniors do

Maryland Lyme Disease Cases Have More Than Tripled in 1990s, Report Says

WASHINGTON – Confirmed cases of Lyme disease in Maryland increased more than threefold in the 1990s, giving the state the fifth-highest number of cases in the nation by 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Witnesses Say Child Support Bill Would Help Students Complete High School

ANNAPOLIS – Twelve-year-old Brittanee wants to go to the prom one day, so her mom had to go to Annapolis

Elementary School Students Lobby Senators for State Shrub

ANNAPOLIS – Sam Barth, a 9-year-old student from Takoma Park’s Piney Branch Elementary School, came to Annapolis Wednesday to ask senators to make the azalea the state shrub

Senate Committee Kills Bill to Make Hit-and-Run Driving a Felony

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee Thursday killed a bill to make it a felony for drivers to flee the scene of an accident, even as the parents of a hit-and- run victim were preparing to testify before a House committee on the measure

Home-Schooled Students Jump in Baltimore, Creep Higher Elsewhere in State

WASHINGTON – The number of home-schooled students in Baltimore jumped 66 percent last year, the largest increase in the state, according to new statistics from the state Department of Education

Salisbury Zoo Head Urges Congress to Keep Pittance for Wildlife Conservation

WASHINGTON – Salisbury Zoo director James Rapp may not have any elephants, rhinos or tigers in his park, but he knows what’s good for them

High-profile Opponents’ Absence Gives Hope to Gay Rights Advocates

ANNAPOLIS – Big-time opponents to Gov