ANNAPOLIS — Legislators who want to continue state income tax reductions will have to find other programs to trim since the governor’s 2003 $22 billion budget, released Tuesday, relies on rescinding a 2 percent tax cut to balance the budget

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a Gaithersburg man who harbored an illegal Brazilian immigrant under slavery-like conditions for almost two decades, and further ordered the man to give her 14 years of back pay

WASHINGTON – Time ran out on Jan

ANNAPOLIS – Some Maryland lawmakers and victim rights advocates want to consolidate now scattered services for crime victims into one Cabinet-level office

ANNAPOLIS – More than 20 teen-agers jammed Montgomery’s House delegation meeting Friday to protest two bills to limit the voting rights of the county’s student member of the board of education, also known as the SMOB

ANNAPOLIS – Minority members of the Democratic Party and Republicans have accused Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Lottery players could buy up to a year’s worth of Lotto or Big Game tickets on credit under a bill in the Maryland General Assembly that would ease a restriction against credit card use

WASHINGTON – Maryland advocates for the disabled fear that a recent Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Americans with Disabilities Act will make an already “very hostile climate” for disabled workers even more so

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Joseph Curran vowed Friday to find 2002 mentors this year to work with youth, saying prevention is better than prosecution for preventing juvenile crime

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland should follow New York’s lead in banning cell phone use while driving, said a Baltimore County delegate back for a third try at making such a measure law