WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is sitting on an estimated $40 million owed to 34,000 people in Maryland who did not file 1997 tax returns

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ANNAPOLIS – A bill to make medical directors of managed health plans responsible for their decisions passed in the Senate by a large margin Friday, but not without a fight

BALTIMORE – Roman Emperor Claudius had a variety of neurological and physical ailments that led to his nickname as “the emperor with the shaking head,” but researchers said Friday it was probably a poisoned mushroom that killed him

WASHINGTON – National and state environmental groups hailed Rep

COLLEGE PARK – Saying he’s an entrepreneur making an investment in the future, publisher Philip Merrill donated $10 million to the University of Maryland’s journalism college, which was renamed in his honor Friday

ANNAPOLIS – Three times Delegate Clarence Davis, D-Baltimore, has testified for his bill to require the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish an osteoporosis prevention and education program

WASHINGTON – For the second year in a row, Melissa Arnold may be forced to choose between her family and the possibility of a sizeable raise at her job

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County delegates have drafted a bill to create a task force to closely monitor the county Board of Education

WASHINGTON – Maryland officials are faulting a national study that gave the state a grade of F for its child-safety-restraint laws, saying the analysis ignored strong enforcement, education and loaner programs