Universities Say Late School Start Could Cost Millions

ANNAPOLIS – The University System of Maryland would have to cancel winter term, a $4

Campaign Clone,720

WASHINGTON – Voters in half of Maryland’s congressional districts may feel a sense of deja vu this fall, after Tuesday’s primary set up November rematches of the 1998 election in four of the state’s eight districts

Cops Blast Suggestion That Better Police Work Would Solve More Murders

WASHINGTON – Maryland police had a fiery reaction to a new university study that suggests some homicide cases are going unsolved because officers do not follow basic practices and procedures

Maryland General Assembly Expands Jury Pools to Include Motorists

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders holding a state driver’s license or identification card could be called for jury duty next year under a bill passed Tuesday by the Maryland General Assembly

Board of Public Works Urges General Assembly to Retain Salary Oversight

ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly is trying to abolish the Board of Public Work’s oversight of top administrators’ salaries, and the board is not pleased

Study Finds Many Seniors Unprepared for Challenges of Longer Lives

WASHINGTON – Verna Day-Jones is a 75-year-old newlywed, great-grandmother, amateur actress and community activist, and she is concerned about her future

Service Graduation Requirement All Over the Maryland Map

ANNAPOLIS – Drew Tull, a junior at Colonel Richardson High School in Caroline County came to Annapolis to see if he could really make a difference in his government

In Tight Presidential Race, Maryland Suddenly Finds Itself Courted by Hopefuls

WASHINGTON – After years as a backwater of presidential politics, Maryland may finally be getting some respect

Montgomery Delegates Kill Prince George’s Stadium Naming Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County delegates Friday killed a bill to let Prince George’s County officials sell or lease the naming rights to three sports facilities and use the money for schools

Maryland House Votes to Ban First-Cousin Marriages

ANNAPOLIS – In a session that sounded like the laugh track of a TV sitcom, the Maryland House of Delegates Friday voted 82 to 46 to outlaw first-cousin marriages in the state