Maryland

WASHINGTON – The director of the state’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit predicted “business as usual,” even though a federal appeals court found that Maryland liquor regulations may be subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act

WASHINGTON – Sequella Inc

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has dismissed a racial discrimination suit against Baltimore Orioles player Cal Ripken Jr

ANNAPOLIS – Tobacco may actually be able to help reduce lung cancer and air pollution — if only cars would start smoking it

WASHINGTON – Maryland State Police gave out 44 percent fewer tickets in 2000 than they did in 1997, even as traffic has increased, according to police statistics

ANNAPOLIS – Proponents of a bill decriminalizing the medical use of marijuana had their hopes dashed Friday when the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee killed the bill

WASHINGTON – Maryland will nearly wipe out a $100 million surplus in federal welfare funds by the end of this fiscal year and could slip into the red next year unless spending is curbed, according to an analysis of the welfare budget

ANNAPOLIS – More than half of Maryland’s tobacco farmers have signed contracts not to produce tobacco next year as part of the state’s buy-out program

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates Thursday approved a measure making a suspected drunken-driver’s refusal to take a breathalyzer test admissible evidence in court

WASHINGTON – Terry Lierman, the Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged Republican Rep