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

WASHINGTON – A study ranking Maryland’s colleges among the most expensive in the country has state educators, lawmakers and officials haggling over who’s to blame for the problem and how to solve it

ANNAPOLIS – Sunday deer hunts would be allowed under a proposed statewide plan to thin the burgeoning deer population in Maryland

WASHINGTON – Most mass immunization drives have ended, but Maryland health officials are urging people to seek out flu vaccine from their doctors or elsewhere as peak flu season approaches