Hearing Impaired Push for Office

ANNAPOLIS – More than 100 hearing impaired Maryland residents used sign language to send a loud message to Gov

GOP Leaders Join Dems in Effort to Publicly Finance Campaigns

ANNAPOLIS – Prominent Republicans are joining Democrats to enact public financing for General Assembly campaigns — a policy that could help the GOP compete with Maryland’s majority party

Maryland Tobacco Farmers Take Buy Out With Reservations

ANNAPOLIS – More than half of Maryland’s tobacco farmers have signed contracts not to produce tobacco next year as part of the state’s buy-out program

Lierman Begs Off Second Challenge of Morella, Urges Shriver to Run

WASHINGTON – Terry Lierman, the Democrat who unsuccessfully challenged Republican Rep

Statewide Standardized Tests Face Scrutiny Under Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Educators criticized the Maryland School Performance Assessment tests Thursday before a House of Delegates panel, saying they lower morale and creativity in students and frustrate teachers

Maryland Schools Superintendent Pushes Reconstitution Plan to Hill Committee

WASHINGTON – Maryland schools Superintendent Nancy S

Appeals Court Orders New Hearing on Antitrust Challenge of State’s Liquor Laws

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a lower court erred when it said Maryland’s liquor pricing controls are exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act

Maryland Legislators Rain On Medical Marijuana Bill

ANNAPOLIS – It doesn’t look good for proponents of a bill to remove criminal penalties for ill patients who use pot with their doctor’sapproval

Bill Would Provide Morning-After Pill To Rape Survivors

ANNAPOLIS – All hospitals and health care facilities would be required to tell rape survivors about the “morning-after pill” under a bill heard Thursday in a House committee