WASHINGTON – Michael Tabor balanced his conscience against his farm subsidy and finally decided his conscience was worth more

ANNAPOLIS – A Senate committee killed a bill that would have included made some white males eligible for minority business preference by including them in the definition of socially disadvantaged

ANNAPOLIS – Soon after the University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team captured the national championship, the ads began rolling out

WASHINGTON – State and county health officials are finalizing plans this week for the distribution of 160,000 potassium iodide pills to the 80,000 Maryland residents who live within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant

WASHINGTON – Murari Sharma can pretty much recite the rejection letters from memory

ANNAPOLIS – As high school seniors prepare to head to Ocean City to celebrate their graduation, many beach establishments are bracing for another tough season “June bug” season that mixes partying teen-agers with vacationing families

ANNAPOLIS – The House is expected to accept a watered-down Senate version of a bill that allows some ex-felons with multiple convictions to vote in Maryland elections

ANNAPOLIS – A House panel Friday overwhelmingly approved an environmental proposal extending protection for Maryland’s coastal bays, after days of sorting through an inch-thick book of amendments

WASHINGTON – Half of the state’s counties are unlikely to meet one or more tougher air pollution standards that the Environmental Protection Agency will soon impose, according to a report released Thursday by a national coalition of environmental groups

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers struck a deal Thursday on a sweeping education reform plan that would rewrite state funding formulas to give more money to poorer school districts and could give local school systems an extra $1