Maryland

Ethics Law Proposal Leaves Lobbyists Cold

ANNAPOLIS – Existing ethics laws are sufficient, said some Maryland lobbyists responding to recommendations by a study committee to impose tougher laws governing their conduct

Maryland National Guard Found Immune in Soldier’s Death

ANNAPOLIS – The state of Maryland and the Maryland National Guard cannot be held liable in the 1997 death of an Army major who was run over by a truck driven by two guardsmen during training exercises, Maryland’s highest court ruled Thursday

Anne Arundel Man’s Death Sentence Upheld

ANNAPOLIS – In its second review of the case, Maryland’s highest court Thursday upheld the death sentence of an Anne Arundel County man for the 1993 double-murder of his fiancee and her friend at his fiancee’s home in Severn

Appeals Court Vindicates Elections Official on Nepotism Charge

ANNAPOLIS – A Howard County elections official was cleared by the State Court of Appeals Wednesday of nepotism charges brought by the State Ethics Commission

House Approves Clean Water Bills That Include $150 Million for Chesapeake Bay

WASHINGTON – The House this week approved $350 million for estuary restoration efforts over the next five years, including $150 million dedicated to the nation’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay

State Study of Beleaguered Agriculture Industry Underway

ANNAPOLIS – The most comprehensive economic study in the past 20 years, and perhaps ever, of Maryland’s dwindling agriculture industry began Wednesday

Governor’s Phone Records Are Public, High Court Rules

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s highest court Tuesday rejected Gov

Caucus’ `Deal Room’ Could Bring Venture Capital Green to Black Businesses

WASHINGTON – It’s been four years since James Bynoe’s firm, Zane Graphics Inc, was launched in Hyattsville

Push to Wire Classrooms for the Internet Could Backfire, Group Says

WASHINGTON – A College Park-based child advocacy group Tuesday called for a break from programs like “Maryland Connected for Learning,” which aims to wire all schools in the state for the Internet by 2002/2003