WASHINGTON – Maybe Savage is the most fitting name for the Howard County community’s post office after all
Maryland Mandates Health Insurance Pay for Wigs for Cancer Patients
ANNAPOLIS – Starting today, health insurers, nonprofit health plans and health maintenance organizations in Maryland will be required to pay for hair prostheses for members who have experienced hair loss as a result of cancer treatment
Officials Say Flu Vaccine Will Be Delayed, But It Should Be Available
WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials said Friday that flu vaccine supplies will not be widely available until the holidays, but they assured residents there should be enough doses for everyone who needs it
Report: State Does Little to Include Faith-Based Groups in Social Services
WASHINGTON – Maryland is one of 38 states that have failed to reach out to churches and religious groups to help deliver social services, as was advocated by a 1996 federal law, according to a new report
Maryland Gets Tough on Rapists, Gun Violators
ANNAPOLIS – Several new state laws calling for tougher sentencing of sex offenders who drug their victims and stricter restrictions on handguns become effective today, including ballistics fingerprinting for all new guns and mandatory sentencing for firearm violations
Advocates Question State Rush to Expand Child Health Insurance Program
WASHINGTON – A federal decision to release Medicaid funding to Maryland should help the state expand its children’s health insurance program to include families that earn up to 300 percent of the poverty level, state officials said
Stop Premium Increases For Firestone-Linked Accidents, State Agency Warns
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Insurance Administration Friday warned the state’s auto insurance companies to stop raising premiums for customers involved in accidents caused by faulty Firestone tires, or face legal consequences
Six More Birds Discovered With West Nile Virus, State Asks Public Help
WASHINGTON – Maryland officials confirmed Thursday that six more crows in Baltimore City were killed by the West Nile virus, bringing the total number of infected birds found in Maryland to nine this year
On the Bench a Writing Genius Readies to Bow Out
ANNAPOLIS – The tale was one of “an estranged wife, desperate to free herself from a marriage gone stale, leaving a trail of false clues and staging her husband’s death so as to make it appear a random accident
Pets Listed as Human Fatalities in Firestone Database Named
ANNAPOLIS – Orion, a German shepherd, and Anastasia, a black Persian cat, were the animals listed as human fatalities on a federal agency’s database of accidents tied to faulty Firestone tires and Ford vehicles