Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – In an effort to expose Maryland students of different ethnic, gender and class backgrounds to the global community, the Maryland Commission for Celebration 2000 announced a new international scholarship Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – The University System of Maryland told state legislators Tuesday it underestimated the cost of 16 construction projects by more than $52 million for the upcoming fiscal year, citing a seller’s market with unusually high construction costs

ANNAPOLIS – What’s happening in Florida can’t happen here, say Maryland election officials, because state law blocks partisan politics among election officials

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals expanded the definition of malice to police officers Tuesday, upholding its previous decision for a jury trial in the wrongful arrest case of a Hyattsville man

ANNAPOLIS – With the presidential election too close to call, the 538 members of the Electoral College hold a lot of power – power that some legal experts say can’t be checked

ANNAPOLIS – Vicki Turner owns two dogs, two cats, three turtles and a bird, but Maryland law forbids her from owning the one pet she covets: a skunk

WASHINGTON- Kenneth Bosley is disillusioned

WASHINGTON – It doesn’t take a secret formula to unseat Rep

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland General Assembly has been rocked by recent ethical scandals, but that hasn’t made lawmakers more likely to disclose the kinds of conflicts of interest that have gotten their colleagues in trouble

WASHINGTON – Randy Cusick, a Republican chief election judge in Prince George’s County, has had enough of working the polls after having to turn away almost 120 potential voters Tuesday