ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s budget deficit grew to almost $2 billion, officials announced Tuesday, a scenario Gov

WASHINGTON – Maryland officials said Tuesday that a proposal for more than $1

SILVER SPRING – Federal secretaries of Education and Homeland Security came to Montgomery Blair High School on Friday to tell parents and educators they need to prepare a plan and practice their responses to a terrorist attack now

ANNAPOLIS – The House Ways and Means Committee shelved all its slot- machine proposals Friday and unanimously approved a bill to study the impact, quantity and estimated revenue of slot machines

WASHINGTON – Scientists believe that one of the diseases that has decimated the native oyster population was likely introduced decades ago when Japanese oysters were dropped in the Chesapeake Bay

ANNAPOLIS – Ernie Crofoot’s wife retired at 60 and instead of enjoying her newfound free time, she had to deal with a grim reality – with her retirement came the loss of her benefits, and, most important, the loss of her health coverage

WASHINGTON – Frederick is apparently the first city in the country to defend itself in court by invoking a law aimed at protecting churches’ rights

ANNAPOLIS – Each weekly visit to the Charles H

WASHINGTON – With their high-speed Internet connections and high numbers of technologically inclined users, college campuses are often hubs for illegal peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted files

WASHINGTON – When Washington College tripled the size of its Internet connection last year, officials at the Chestertown school thought they would have plenty of room on their network for students, faculty and staff