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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