Don’t Call It P.G.

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers from Prince George’s County came to the General Assembly session here three months ago with a 12-point written agenda, but one key item wasn’t on the list: Get people to stop calling the county P

Advocates Say Law to Protect Special Education Students is Being Ignored

TOWSON – Joshua Golden, 18, walked for the first time at age 14

Tuskegee Airman Spent Life Shooting for the Sky; Now Honored With School Name

LANHAM – As a child, Herbert Flowers would look into the sky and picture himself floating above the clouds and soaring through the heavens

Organ Recipients Strut Their Good Health in an Effort to Encourage Donors

WASHINGTON – Before his kidney transplant, Chris Barbera, 15, of Darnestown was always out of breath during sports, had low stamina and was too tired to pay attention in class

Fathers Get Involved in More Popular Home-Schooling

ANNAPOLIS – Bill Trautman taught biology in Baltimore public schools for 17 years

MaryPIRG Says State is Unprepared to Warn Public of Mercury-Tainted Fish

WASHINGTON – Maryland ranked 43rd out of 46 states surveyed by a national advocacy group on their ability to warn the public about potentially dangerous levels of mercury in fish

Maryland Women Come to Washington to Drum Up Support for Million Mom March

WASHINGTON – Most of the elected officials had already had their say, but when Carole Price got up to speak Wednesday in the shadow of the Capitol, the crowd got a little more attentive and the applause grew a little more enthusiastic

MARC Riders Criticize Commuter Train Service’s Poor On-Time Performance

WASHINGTON – When it comes to reasons why her MARC train is late, Christy Huddle believes she’s heard it all

High-Profile Murders Thrust Talbot to Head of Nation’s Teen Violence Rates

WASHINGTON – Days before the anniversary of the murderous shootout at a Colorado high school, Maryland’s Talbot County has been identified as having one of the highest rates of murder of parents in the country

Court Rules That Property Owners Violated Clean Water Act by Digging a Ditch

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ruled that Wicomico County resident James Deaton violated the Clean Water Act after digging a drainage ditch on his property