USM Officials, Faculty Anxious About Losing Tuition Perk

ANNAPOLIS – Unlike other parents, Vincent Brannigan hasn’t had to worry about college savings plans and mounting tuition costs

Lawmakers Propose Tougher Laws on Stalking, Rape

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are targeting ways to curb violence against women and children by toughening existing laws

Some Maryland School Systems Drop `Unhealthy’ High School Class-Rank System

WASHINGTON – Brittany Grier was on her way to becoming valedictorian at her high school class when the Wicomico County school board voted in December to abolish class rank

Maryland Muslims Mobilize Against Slots

WASHINGTON – A coalition of Maryland Muslims is mobilizing against the governor’s plan to use slots to balance the state’s beleaguered budget

Critics Say Bush Tax Cuts Would Not Reach 1.8 Million Marylanders Claimed

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s proposed budget for fiscal 2004 promises lower tax bills to more than 1

New York Racinos Hold Lesson for Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – In the dark days of the budget crunch that followed the World Trade Center terrorist attacks, Gov

Cesarean Births Growing Steadily in Maryland, Doctors, Critics Debate Reasons

WASHINGTON- Jenny Haley never wants to be cut again

The Mount Airy mother of three has had two cesareans and a vaginal delivery, and found the cesarean births more frightening and more tiring, taking up to six weeks for recovery

Lawmaker: Bridge Traffic Taxes ‘Quality of Life’

ANNAPOLIS – Colleagues praised him for “thinking outside the box,” for bringing a serious traffic issue to public attention, even for crafting his first piece of original legislation

Legislator Wants to Open Discussion of Slave Reparations

ANNAPOLIS – A Democratic Baltimore legislator wants a task force to study the issue of reparations for African-American descendants of slaves