Sweeping Lead-Paint Cleanup Pact to Affect More Than 5,800 Maryland Apartments

WASHINGTON – More than 5,800 Maryland apartments will be inspected for lead-based hazards and cleaned up, if necessary, under an agreement announced Wednesday by federal regulators and a Denver-based management company

Glendening Leaves Legacy of Higher Education, Environment Achievements

ANNAPOLIS – Saying “life in Maryland has gotten better” during his two terms in office, Gov

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