State Steps Up Efforts After Finding Two Birds with West Nile Virus

WASHINGTON – Maryland officials said Thursday that two crows infected with the West Nile virus were discovered in Baltimore and Howard counties last week, the first two cases of the virus confirmed in the state this year

Some Human Fatalities Linked to Firestones Turn Out to be Pets

WASHINGTON – Media outlets across the country are reporting this week that 103 fatalities have been linked to faulty Firestone tires

State, Federal Lawmakers Worry That Time is Running Out for Wilson Bridge

WASHINGTON – Maryland state and federal lawmakers expressed renewed concern Wednesday over the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, worrying that time is short in Congress to secure the additional federal funding needed for the project

Housing For Low-Wage Workers Get Less Affordable in 2000, Study Says

WASHINGTON-A minimum-wage earner in Maryland would have to work 104 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment at the fair-market rate in Maryland, said a study released Wednesday

Three Maryland HMOs Win Top Consumer Approvals

BALTIMORE – Consumers chose Coventry Health Care, Delmarva and Maryland Individual Practice Association as the three best health plans in Maryland, according to a report released Wednesday by the Maryland Health Care Commission

Maryland Students May Soon See Assessment Test Scores on Transcripts, Grasmick Says

ANNAPOLIS – Results from high school assessment tests should be recorded on students’ official transcripts in the two years before those exams become a graduation requirement, Nancy Grasmick, state superintendent of schools said Tuesday to a joint legislative subcommittee

Maryland Census Response Rate Drops From 1990, Still Beats National Rate

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s response rate to the 2000 census was 1 percent below the relatively disappointing level of 70 percent for the 1990 census, according to figures released Tuesday by the Census Bureau

Amnesty Program Succeeds in Bringing Parents Back to the Fold

ANNAPOLIS – State officials declared a weeklong amnesty program for deadbeat parents a success Tuesday, citing the collection of more than $705,000 in overdue child support payments

In Season of Scarcity, Congress Among First to Get Flu Vaccinations

WASHINGTON – The nationwide delay of influenza vaccine appears to have missed Capitol Hill