Maryland

Instant Runoff Is Possible Maryland Voting Reform

ANNAPOLIS – Imagine yourself sequestered in a voting booth, marking a vote for your favorite candidate

Safe Haven Won’t Save Babies, Some Say

ANNAPOLIS – Safe haven legislation, designed to save abandoned newborns, isn’t safe at all, said some adoption advocates in a General Assembly hearing this week

Suit Citing Stalled Metro Escalator in Fatal Heart Attack Can Proceed

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has ruled that a Maryland couple can sue Metro for their son’s deadly heart attack after he climbed a non-working escalator at the Bethesda station on a sweltering summer day in 1998

Despite Drop in Hate Crimes, Maryland Still Has Ninth-Highest Rate in Nation

WASHINGTON – Maryland hate crimes have dropped by almost one-third over the last five years, but the state still has the nation’s ninth-highest rate of such crimes, according to FBI data released this week

Senators Want Schools to Shape Youth Into Good Citizens

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland public schools would be required to teach character education — honesty, respect, responsibility, fair play – under a measure pending in the Senate

FAA Awards $38 Million Toward Ambitious $1.3 Billion BWI Expansion

WASHINGTON – Baltimore/Washington International Airport received $38 million in federal funding Wednesday for capital projects that are intended to foster growth at the facility, already on pace to become the region’s busiest airport

Court Says U.S. Marshals Cannot Withhold Names of Seized Property Buyers

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has ordered the U

Managed Care Organization to Cover Medicaid Patients Dropped by FreeState

WASHINGTON – About 40,000 Maryland Medicaid enrollees and their doctors can breathe a sigh of relief

Lawmaker Seeks Study to Block Light Pollution

ANNAPOLIS – More than 20 Maryland legislators introduced a bill last week that would help them look to the stars

National Nursing Shortage Felt in Maryland, Where Care Could be at Risk

WASHINGTON- Maryland is on the verge of a nursing crisis that could harm patient care in the near future, state and federal officials said this week