Maryland

Maryland Tobacco Farmers Take Buy Out With Reservations

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

Lierman Begs Off Second Challenge of Morella, Urges Shriver to Run

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

House Considers Admissibility of Breath Test Refusal

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

Bill Would Provide Morning-After Pill To Rape Survivors

ANNAPOLIS – All hospitals and health care facilities would be required to tell rape survivors about the “morning-after pill” under a bill heard Thursday in a House committee

Maryland Legislators Rain On Medical Marijuana Bill

ANNAPOLIS – It doesn’t look good for proponents of a bill to remove criminal penalties for ill patients who use pot with their doctor’sapproval

Appeals Court Orders New Hearing on Antitrust Challenge of State’s Liquor Laws

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a lower court erred when it said Maryland’s liquor pricing controls are exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act

Maryland Schools Superintendent Pushes Reconstitution Plan to Hill Committee

WASHINGTON – Maryland schools Superintendent Nancy S

Statewide Standardized Tests Face Scrutiny Under Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Educators criticized the Maryland School Performance Assessment tests Thursday before a House of Delegates panel, saying they lower morale and creativity in students and frustrate teachers

Montgomery Lawmakers Push Biotech Tax Benefits

ANNAPOLIS – In the wake of the loss of two major biotechnology facilities, Montgomery County officials plugged a tax benefit program designed to attract and keep such companies within Maryland

Montgomery County Executive Douglas M