WASHINGTON – Local universities and language schools are anxiously waiting to see how stricter immigration policies likely to come in the wake of the Sept
Hill Staffers Calmly Wait Word on Anthrax Tests, No New Cases Detected
WASHINGTON – Senate staff members and workers stood calmly outside a makeshift doctor’s office Friday on Capitol Hill, giving little indication of the potentially life-altering information they were waiting to receive
It’s Safe to Drink the Water, Officials Say After Touring State Lab
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
Local Schools Don’t Hate, Hardly Love First Steps Toward Statewide Curriculum
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
University Passes on Anacostia Watershed Agreement
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
State Cuts Spending in Reaction to Sept. 11 Attacks
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is freezing new hires, trimming agency budgets by 1
Anthrax Attack Closes Congress, but Maryland Lawmakers Vow to Keep Working
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
University System Presidents Agree Collaboration Needed in Bioscience
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
Anthrax Drug Prophylactically Prescribed Despite Warnings
ANNAPOLIS – Andrew Goldstein’s brother lives in Boca Raton, Fla
State Welfare Cases Drop 68 Percent in Five Years
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s welfare caseload has decreased by 68