ANNAPOLIS – A bill to regulate crematories is a shoe-in to pass the House, a key committee chairman said Thursday, but then it will likely face the same Senate panel that rejected similar legislation last month
Legislators Propose College Loan Relief to Lure Grads to Government Service
WASHINGTON – More than half of the federal workforce could retire in the next five years, including over 70 percent of senior management, and few college graduates are lining up to replace them, a group of lawmakers announced Thursday
Painful Budget Cuts Bring Call For Tax Cut Delay
ANNAPOLIS – As the Senate budget committee continued slashing program funds Thursday to fill a growing budget gap, some lawmakers began clamoring to halt the 2 percent income tax cut in order to trim less from them
Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates Drop, But Baltimore Still Ranks Third
WASHINGTON- Sexually transmitted diseases in Baltimore decreased in 2000, but the city still had the third-highest STD rates among cities nationally, a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found
Bill Would Strip Maryland DNR of Wildlife Management Duties
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources either does too much or too little with its wildlife management programs, critics charge
Tight Budget Year Could Propel Senate Move to Shift Budget Power
ANNAPOLIS – With the state facing a projected $1 billion deficit and advocates complaining that basic services will lack funds under Gov
Percentage Of Poor Kids in Maryland Jumped During 1990s, As National Rate Fell
WASHINGTON – The proportion of Maryland children living in poverty rose from about one in 10 kids in 1990 to almost one in eight by 2000, according to an analysis of Census data released today
Anti-Gun Lobby Rallies for Tougher Laws
ANNAPOLIS – Gun control advocates rallied at the State House Wednesday to push for a bill to require handgun buyers to get a license similar to a driver’s license
Montgomery County Official Calls for More Integration of Emergency Responders
WASHINGTON – Emergency workers responding to the Sept
State Hospitals Still Had Defective Medical Device Months After Recall
WASHINGTON- A number of Maryland hospitals still had at least one defective bronchoscope as of this week, when Johns Hopkins Hospital tentatively linked two patient deaths and many illnesses to recalled medical devices