SILVER SPRING – Maryland lawmakers joined the head of the Environmental Protection Agency at a suburban Washington water utility Thursday to reassure people that their drinking water is safe from a biological attack

WASHINGTON – Faced with the prospect of up to 8,000 new teachers for each of the next few years, the state Department of Education has said it will support the development of the first statewide curriculum ever

ANNAPOLIS – The University of Maryland at College Park decided last week to forgo an informal agreement to make its campus more environmentally friendly, frustrating advocates of the Anacostia watershed

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is freezing new hires, trimming agency budgets by 1

WASHINGTON – The mood in Maryland congressional offices was described as cautious but not panicked Wednesday, as House and Senate office buildings were ordered closed because at least 30 people tested positive for anthrax exposure

ANNAPOLIS – Presidents from the University System of Maryland agreed Wednesday that for the state to stay at the forefront of the national biotechnology industry there must be a greater collaboration among the schools

ANNAPOLIS – Andrew Goldstein’s brother lives in Boca Raton, Fla

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s welfare caseload has decreased by 68

WASHINGTON – Federal officials were combing the Capitol Hill offices of Maryland’s senators for anthrax Tuesday, two of 12 offices that were closed after tests confirmed that the bacteria was sent to the Senate Majority Leader’s office

ANNAPOLIS – Bioterrorism experts have questions about how prepared Maryland’s agency coordination and hospitals are for a biological attack, as a state health official told state lawmakers he’s monitoring four proposed cases in the state