Education Gets Top Billing for Prince George’s Legislators

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County legislators say education is their top priority for the 2002 General Assembly, but caution that funding for that and two other key issues, health services and economic development, may be hard to secure in this tight budget year

Student Leader Opens Her Heart to Her Muslim Faith as She Opens Other’s Minds

COLUMBIA – At first glance, Salmah Rizvi appears to be a typical — if overachieving — American teen-ager

Montgomery Prepared to Sacrifice in General Assembly — But Not Too Much

ANNAPOLIS – With both county and state budgets projecting deficits, Montgomery County legislators entering the upcoming General Assembly session are willing to make sacrifices

Green Party Lawyer Stumbled into Civil Rights

ANNAPOLIS – Frank Dunbaugh, 71, a retired lawyer, unknowingly integrated Florida hotels for a few days in the 1950s, fought for voting rights and desegregated schools in the South, headed the first integrated Washington, D

Fifty Years Later, Some Maryland Communities Still Leery of Fluoridation

WASHINGTON – When Princess Anne adds fluoride to its water next spring, the Somerset County town will join the vast majority of public systems that have added the cavity-fighting chemical

Budget Trimming to Dominate 2002 Session

ANNAPOLIS – The 2002 Maryland General Assembly session promises to be more contentious than recent years with the budget, a smaller than usual pinata, hanging above anxious legislators waving their sticks and waiting to take their whacks when the session begins Jan

State Blinks First in Feud with Federal Government Over Wilson Bridge Contract

WASHINGTON – The Glendening administration conceded defeat Wednesday in its months-long battle with the federal government over union-friendly language in the largest contract for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge replacement

Bottled Water Offers Some Respite to Fluoride Foes, But Not Much

WASHINGTON – When Cumberland and Frostburg added fluoride to their water systems this past year, members of the Pure Water Committee of Western Maryland Inc

Maryland Moves Up in Ranking on Women’s Health, But Challenges Loom

WASHINGTON – Maryland was among the most improved since last year in a ranking of states on women’s health issues, moving up seven places to 18th overall in a study released Tuesday

Skyway Airlines Becomes Third Carrier to Join BWI since Sept. 11

ANNAPOLIS – Skyway Airlines will become the third carrier in three months to begin service at Baltimore/Washington International Airport, offering nonstop flights roundtrip to Milwaukee beginning Jan