ANNAPOLIS – An expert for the Maryland Insurance Administration has determined that more than $33 million in compensation for executives of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield were made improperly and violate Maryland law

KENT ISLAND, Md

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed classifying the Washington area’s ozone problem as “severe,” a change that could mean stricter pollution controls for the region

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has refused to dismiss an invasion of privacy suit by a Landover woman who said her supervisors and co-workers eavesdropped on phone calls to her at home

WASHINGTON – The House voted Wednesday to transfer 170,000 employees from 22 agencies into a new Department of Homeland Security, brushing aside charges that the shift would make a “farce” of federal workers’ union rights

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislative staff presented a key budget committee with a bleak financial picture Tuesday night, but they’d already expected the worst

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland merchants, responding to cautious consumers and a shortened shopping season, are expecting holiday sales to rise a scant 2 percent over 2001, according to a Maryland Retailers Association survey released Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – New federal legislation has left Maryland school officials scrambling to find teachers, amid a national teacher shortage, to meet more stringent qualifications, the state schools chief told lawmakers Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – Wilson Bridge construction costs are not as likely to break the state’s transportation budget after the winning bid for the most difficult section of the bridge in the second round of bidding was only $18 million over estimates, according to the state transportation secretary