Maryland

Report Shows State Schools Have Computer Hardware, Not Always Know-How

WASHINGTON – Student access to computers and the Internet is generally improving in Maryland, but schools in low-income areas are still lagging behind wealthier districts when it comes to teachers with computer skills, according to a new survey

Report Card on State Governments Puts Maryland Near the Top of the Class

WASHINGTON – Maryland ranked among the best-managed state governments in the country and is well positioned to endure an economic downturn, according to a Syracuse University study released Tuesday

Money Transfers to El Salvador Soar, As People Here Help Families There

WASHINGTON – Managers at many Maryland money-wiring businesses said they have seen transfers to El Salvador jump from hundreds of dollars a day to thousands in the two weeks since a massive earthquake devastated that country

Model `Judy’ Centers Boost Learning for Poor Children

ADELPHI – Carolee Botts, a pre-kindergarten teacher, kneels on the floor to help a group of her 4- and 5-year-old students put together a 48-piece puzzle of a bustling town scene

Legislators Want E-Privacy

ANNAPOLIS – Internet retailers nationwide might know you live in the suburbs, have three children and bought two plane tickets online in December

Silver Spring Woman Recounts Moments of Terror in El Salvador Earthquake

WASHINGTON – “The ground opened up,” said Anna Hernandez, 34, “and I just started to pray

Man is Behind Bars, Two Weeks After He Called in Sick to His Sentencing

WASHINGTON- Prince George’s County officials have arrested a Mount Rainier man almost two weeks after he called in sick to his scheduled sentencing for making bomb threats against county schools and racially harassing the system’s superintendent

Bill Would Let Judges Ring Wedding Bells

ANNAPOLIS – Marriage by a court clerk won’t be the only option for Maryland residents choosing a civil ceremony if a bill pending in the Maryland House of Delegates becomes law this session

State GOP Turns Inaugural Fervor into Cash, In Largest-Ever Fund Raiser

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s Republican Party raked in more campaign cash at its inaugural gala this month than at any other fund-raising event in the state party’s history, said Chairman Michael Steele