ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County’s House delegation Friday voted to double a planned tax break for Discovery Communications’ new Silver Spring headquarters, despite the fact that the company won’t be bringing a promised 1,000 new jobs to the area

WASHINGTON – Despite an almost 28 percent increase, lawmakers said this week that the Coast Guard will not have enough in fiscal 2003 to do all the jobs it is being asked to do in the wake of Sept

ANNAPOLIS – Every two minutes, a sexual assault takes place in the United States, according to federal statistics, leaving thousands of women worried about the possibility of pregnancy

SILVER SPRING – President Bush came to Silver Spring on Thursday to unveil clean air proposals that he promised would protect the environment and prolong the lives of thousands of Americans with asthma and other respiratory illnesses

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Emergency legislation to hobble the Prince George’s County School Board in the wake of its unsuccessful firing of Superintendent Iris T

WASHINGTON – The three Maryland airports closed since September’s terrorist attacks are scheduled to reopen as soon as next week under new security rules finalized Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration

WASHINGTON – After over 16 hours of debate, six Maryland legislators voted early Thursday to support a campaign finance reform bill that would ban unregulated “soft money” donations to national political party committees

ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers who want to double the tobacco tax for the second time in three years say the increase will generate $148 million and save 15,000 lives

ANNAPOLIS – Environmentalists hailed a proposal to require labels on mercury products, saying it would warn the public about mercury-related health risks and cut pollution from discarded products