ANNAPOLIS – A new regional transportation authority is one of the top priorities for House Speaker Casper R
Maryland
Maryland Legislators To Revisit Inheritance Tax Repeal
ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly will try again to eliminate the state’s 10 percent inheritance tax when it reconvenes in January to consider a bill to give aunts, nephews, cousins and friends the same exemption that closer relatives now have
Federal Budget Wrangling Holds Up $84 Million in Funds for Maryland Schools
WASHINGTON – State education officials said that until Congress approves a budget for fiscal 2001, Maryland cannot make its own plans, including whether it can spend $84
Eighth-Grade Reading Scores Lag Behind Other Test Subjects
ANNAPOLIS – While eighth-grade reading scores improved by 1
Write-in Votes Were Cast for Serious Candidates to Silly — and Toto, Too
WASHINGTON – Martin Sheen is not a president, but he plays one on TV
ATF Study of Baltimore Crimes Shows Difficulty of Tracking Firearms
WASHINGTON – Federal agents were able to trace only a fraction of the guns used by Baltimore criminals in 1999 back to a legal sale — evidence, officials said, of a brisk trade in illegal weapons
State Officials Press Ahead With Hemp Experiment That May Go Up in Smoke
WASHINGTON – Maryland is pushing ahead with plans for a pilot project to examine industrial hemp as an alternative to tobacco — even though most of the officials associated with the project have doubts about the crop’s potential
As Lame-Duck Congress Meets, Budget Debate Likely to Keep Going and Going
WASHINGTON – Congress faces a long list of legislation when it reconvenes this week, including further negotiations on the stalled fiscal 2001 budget, but without a president-elect, legislators do not expect to get much done
Popular Police Hotline Ringing Off the Hook
ANNAPOLIS – The woman traveling on the Beltway last summer was sure she saw a man standing in the bay of a moving truck with a shotgun pointed at a neighboring car
Cost of Commuting in Baltimore-Washington Region is Among Lowest, Report Says
WASHINGTON -The Baltimore/Washington region may have a bad reputation for traffic congestion, but a report released Thursday gave the area high marks for keeping transportation costs down