WASHINGTON – Colleges give black and Hispanic applicants an unfair edge in admissions over similarly qualified white students, according to a study of 47 schools released Thursday by the Center for Equal Opportunity

ANNAPOLIS – An Eastern Shore man, exonerated by genetic evidence for the murder of a 9-year-old girl, told a Senate committee Thursday that bills to mandate DNA testing and halt executions for two years are sorely needed

ANNAPOLIS – Students attending low-achievement public schools should be able to transfer to more successful schools in their jurisdictions, a Baltimore County lawmaker says

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s drunken-driving laws are too loose and the General Assembly should approve the more than 20 bills introduced this session to stiffen them, witnesses told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – Parents who substitute prayer for medical treatment for their children may be subject to civil and criminal penalties under a bill repealing the religious exemption from child health and safety laws

ANNAPOLIS – A growing body of Maryland senators wants to give the General Assembly the power to rearrange spending priorities in the state’s budget, bringing Maryland in line with the other 49 states

WASHINGTON – One in three fatal bicycle accidents in Maryland is linked to alcohol use, according to a Johns Hopkins University study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s death penalty is set to go on trial today, as a Senate committee is scheduled to hear a bill to suspend executions for two years

WASHINGTON – A new survey says that 80 percent of Montgomery County motorists support the construction a new Potomac River crossing, striking a stark contrast with the county council’s unanimous opposition

WASHINGTON- Maryland’s spending on tobacco prevention and reduction was in the middle of the pack in fiscal 2001, according to a national report on states’ anti-tobacco spending