WASHINGTON – Federal health officials began posting reports Tuesday on the quality of care in nursing homes nationwide, after what they called a successful six-month test run in Maryland and five other states
Prison Officials Fear Lurking Crisis in Hepatitis C Infection Among Inmates
WASHINGTON – Maryland prison and health officials say a looming hepatitis C epidemic will be a bigger, and potentially more expensive, health crisis than HIV and AIDS, but they still do not have a comprehensive policy in place to address it
Auto Sales Hit Skids After Record Year
ANNAPOLIS – Stuart Brooks, a Baltimore auto dealer, has had an incredible year, riding the boom in car sales that have made Altimas, Cavaliers and Impalas zoom out of showroom floors
Volunteers Step Forward to Remember Fallen at Vietnam Wall Ceremony
WASHINGTON – Bowie resident Linda Tucker was nervous as she crossed the stage to the podium, clutching a white piece of paper
State Leans on Community Colleges to Ease Teacher Shortage
ANNAPOLIS – With a more streamlined student transfer process and improved support, community colleges could help provide the state with thousands of teachers to ease a growing shortage, an October report says
Maryland Residents Step Up for Test on Boosting Smallpox Vaccine
WASHINGTON – Edward Dudley was vaccinated for smallpox 33 years ago, when he was about a year old, but last week he rolled up his sleeve and volunteered to receive the smallpox vaccine for the second time
Experts Say Shift to GOP Congress Should Not Hurt Democratic-Leaning Maryland
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s congressional delegation was shifted to the back bench in Tuesday’s elections, which saw the state sending more Democrats to Washington while the nation was handing control of the House and Senate to the GOP
Congressional Losers Spend Less Time Licking Wounds Than Looking to 2004
WASHINGTON – Don DeArmon went to work on Capitol Hill last week, not as a new member of the 108th Congress, but as a congressional staffer — just as he was before Tuesday’s election
Judge Lets Homeless Case Against Montgomery Schools Proceed as Class Action
WASHINGTON – A federal judge granted class status this week to a group of homeless students and parents who sued the Montgomery County school system, claiming it violated a federal law designed to provide homeless students with equal educational opportunities
Hoyer Unopposed in Bid — His Third — For No. 2 Democratic Job in House
WASHINGTON – A member of the Maryland congressional delegation is positioned to become the second-most powerful Democrat in the House, in a post- election shakeup of the Democratic leadership