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
State Government Fails to Meet its Own Recycling Goals
WASHINGTON – Six years after the deadline, the state government has failed to meet its goal of recycling 20 percent of its trash
New Law Lets Retired Teachers Return to Classroom, Collect Pension and Salary
WASHINGTON – After 32 years of teaching, William Campbell finally decided to retire in June 1999
Lofty Recycling Goals Within Reach, But Some Ask if It’s Worth Effort
WASHINGTON – Maryland is closing in on its goal of a 40 percent reduction in trash by 2005, but some officials question if the state will put forward the effort to meet the goal — or even if the effort is worthwhile
Last Medicare HMO in Maryland Cuts Off Enrollment, Sharply Raises Prices
WASHINGTON – The last health insurer offering Medicare HMO coverage in Maryland announced Friday that it is quadrupling its premiums and capping enrollment at the current level
State Urges All Marylanders to Take Precautions Against Hepatitis A Outbreak
WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials said “all of Maryland should be aware of” an outbreak of hepatitis A in Southern Maryland and take precautions against it