Terror Victims Butt Heads with Immigrants Over Licenses

ANNAPOLIS – Jason Sekzer moved from an entry-level position at Cantor Fitzgerald to vice president of operations in four years, a 31-year-old rising star for one of the world’s largest brokerage firms

Insurance Commissioner Cancels CareFirst Conversion

ANNAPOLIS – CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the state’s largest nonprofit health insurer, may not convert to a for-profit company and therefore cannot not be sold to WellPoint Health Networks in California, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B

Terrapin Pride Day Will Cost Some University Lobbyists More Than Others

ANNAPOLIS – Students, faculty and staff at the University System of Maryland’s flagship campus descended on Annapolis Tuesday in what officials hailed as a successful lobbying effort against more state budget cuts

Bike Trail Proposal Detoured by Senate Delegation

ANNAPOLIS – When push came to shove, petal power proved stronger than pedal power

What’s in a Name? Plenty, Say Hassled Catoctin Mountain Park Rangers

WASHINGTON – A two-lane state highway divides the national park from the state park in the Catoctin Mountains

School Districts Struggle to Provide Teachers for English Language Learners

WASHINGTON – When Ilhye Yoon began teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in Anne Arundel County four years ago she had five students — today she has 34

Teen Passenger Bill Gets Green Light in Committee

ANNAPOLIS – Young drivers would be prohibited from carrying teen passengers for their first six months behind the wheel under a bill that won a Senate committee’s approval Friday, ending seven years of frustration for one Southern Maryland lawmaker

‘Agenda-driven science’ Behind Crab Regs, Shore Legislators Say

ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore lawmakers who make up the Blue Crab Task Force blasted the Department of Natural Resources Friday for using shoddy science and “make-believe” numbers to overstate the danger to the state’s blue crab population

Schoolkids Have Proof of Positive Thinking on Snow — 54.9 Inches Worth

WASHINGTON – The students at the Evergreen School in Kensington have a theory about why it has snowed more this year in Maryland than at any other time that they can remember — the children are wishing for it

Union Says It Will Represent Airport Screeners, Despite Federal Opposition

WASHINGTON – The American Federation of Government Employees will introduce its new local for airport screeners and baggage handlers Monday — even though the Transportation Security Administration said it will prohibit unions for its workers