WASHINGTON – You win some, you lose some, you riot either way
Lawmakers Happily Seeing Red After Terrapin Win
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland House of Delegates members voted their quorum call with red lights instead of the usual green and the Senate prayer was more about the morals of basketball than Easter season symbolism as a mild Terp fever struck the General Assembly Tuesday
High Court Refuses to Hear Excessive Force Charge against Maryland Guards
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court’s ruling that Maryland prison guards did not use excessive force when they repeatedly sprayed an inmate with pepper spray, shackled him in his underwear and locked him away in an isolation cell for two days
Williams Coaches Team With `Garyland’ Billboard for Background
ATLANTA – At first glance, Peel Bradley had no idea what the big red billboard emblazoned in white with the words “Welcome to Garyland” meant
Atlanta Streets Run Red With Maryland Basketball Fanatics
ATLANTA – Turtles supplanted bunny rabbits and vivid crimson trumped the pale pastels of colored eggs on an Easter Sunday in a Georgia city overrun by visiting Marylanders whose religious fervor was devoted in large measure to basketball this day
Final Four Tickets Still Available for Right Price
ANNAPOLIS – The hottest game in Maryland is 700 miles away tonight, but there’s still time to get a seat when the University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team makes its second trip to the Final Four in as many years
Junior Lobbyists Bargain Hard for School Funds
ANNAPOLIS – Five lobbyists huddled in the hallway of the Lowe House Office Building early Thursday morning, plotted strategy and tried not to giggle
Kirwan Backers Say Incoming University Chancellor is Well Worth Pay Package
WASHINGTON – You get what you pay for — that’s how state officials and colleagues are defending the hefty compensation package offered to William “Brit” Kirwan, incoming chancellor for the University System of Maryland
Washington Gas Seeks 9 Percent Rate Increase, First Hike in Eight Years
WASHINGTON – Washington Gas has asked the Maryland Public Service Commission to approve a 9 percent rate increase, which the company said would raise the average residential customer’s monthly bill by about $5