Air Pollution Permit Bill Speeds to House of Delegates

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to reinstate the Maryland Department of the Environment’s authority to issue air pollution permits is scheduled to reach the House of Delegates floor Friday

U.S. Ocean Policy Commission Makes Chesapeake Bay Its First Stop

ANNAPOLIS – Rapid residential development along the Chesapeake Bay threatens the 3,600 species that live there, witnesses told the U

Education Spending Rises, Falls Short

ANNAPOLIS – Education spending will increase under Gov

Baltimore Ranked Among `Meanest Cities’ for Homeless in New Study

WASHINGTON – Baltimore ranks among the country’s 12 “meanest cities” for its treatment of the homeless, according to a report released Tuesday by two national homeless advocacy groups

Glendening Rescinds Tax Cuts to Get Budget In Balance

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

Court Orders Back Pay for Domestic Kept in `Slavery-Like’ Conditions by Couple

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

Bill Would Consolidate Crime Victim Programs at Cabinet Level

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

Montgomery Students Protest Legislative Move to End Vote on Education Board

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

Minority Democrats, GOP Criticize Governor’s Redistricting Map

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