ANNAPOLIS- The typical profile of a woman in Maryland state prison is a 33-year-old African-American from Baltimore serving a five-to-seven-year, drug- related sentence, according to a report released Thursday by the Maryland Commission for Women

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates made good on its effort to clean up relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists by overwhelmingly passing an ethics bill Thursday, despite continuing disagreements over the measure’s language

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the family of a District man who died, cuffed and face down on the floor of the Prince George’s Hospital Center, while in police custody in 1995

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BALTIMORE – Twelve low-achievement schools were added Wednesday to a long list of schools that may be taken over by the state if they do not show improvement

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ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan joined Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus Wednesday to call for a two-year moratorium on state executions

ANNAPOLIS – Opponents of a movement to prohibit the use of hand-held phones while driving said Tuesday that education, not prohibition, is the answer to accidents attributed to the practice

EASTON – In 1998, in the wake of the Chesapeake Bay pfiesteria crisis, the state tightened restrictions on poultry farmers’ waste management

ANNAPOLIS – Every Maryland four-year college and university will be required to have a polling place under a bill designed to raise political participation among young adults