Rural Roads Continue to Register Most Alcohol-Related Crashes in Maryland

WASHINGTON- Alcohol-related fatal accidents are more likely to occur on rural roads in Maryland than on urban roads, according to a Capital News Service analysis of fatal crash statistics from 1995-1999

Aggressive Recruiting Helps Maryland Land Major Non-Profit Organizations

WASHINGTON – Cheaper property, a better quality of life and proximity to Washington helped lure Lutheran World Relief and its 40 employees to Baltimore after 55 years in Manhattan

Maryland’s Booming Tax-Exempt Sector Brings Jobs, Spin-Off Business to State

BALTIMORE – After 55 years of renting pricey office space in Manhattan, Jonathan Frerichs says he’s glad his organization settled on a permanent headquarters overlooking Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor

Cat Becomes State Symbol As Glendening Signs 200 Bills

ANNAPOLIS – It’s official: the calico cat will become Maryland’s state cat

Smaller Shore Counties Scramble for Teachers Who Look Like Minority Students

ANNAPOLIS – Caroline County hired 25 new teachers last September, but just four of them were minorities, all black

New Challenge to Maryland’s Death Row Cases Could Come This Summer

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s high court will hear a case early next month that has the potential to save the life of everyone on the state’s death row

Woman Who’s Seen Both Sides of Bankruptcy Sees Both Sides of Reform Debate

WASHINGTON – In her 15 years in the auto loan business, Betty Alexander saw plenty of people go on spending binges only to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying their bills

Glendening Signs Bill to Jail Criminals Who Wear Body Armor

ANNAPOLIS – When the General Assembly opened in January, Gov