Maryland Accused of Hoarding Cash for Poor Families

WASHINGTON – Maryland was sitting on $99

Cancer Victims’ Survivors Bring Emotional Pleas to Medical Marijuana Debate

ANNAPOLIS – When Darrell Putman got so sick from the cancer in his body that only smoking marijuana would stimulate his appetite, his wife did the only thing she could — she turned to her teen-age relatives to find the drug

Lawmakers Consider Special Education Extension

ANNAPOLIS – Special education students could stay in school longer under a measure debated in a Maryland House committee Tuesday

Task Force Needed to Address Nurse Shortage, Lawmakers Say

ANNAPOLIS – A nursing shortage could be jeopardizing patient care throughout Maryland, a condition that has lawmakers seeking a remedy

Senators Irked by Reimbursement Plan That Overlooks Federal Workers

WASHINGTON – Maryland and Virginia senators are criticizing a proposal that would lift spending caps on relocation expenses incurred by federal contractors but would keep caps in place for federal workers

NRC Staff Recommends OK of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant Relicensing

WASHINGTON – Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffers have recommended that the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant be relicensed for another 20 years, the next-to-last step before final approval

Frederick Won’t Have to Pay for Porn After Supreme Court Rejects Case

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of an adult bookstore that claimed the Frederick City government owed it around $90,000 in lost property and damages stemming from a 1990 police raid

Virginia, Maryland Officials Square Off Over Potomac River Rights

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland and Virginia officials wrangled Tuesday over two bills that would limit what one environmentalist called Virginia’s “ploy to get more water” from the Potomac River to support heavy development

Local Governments Remain Cool, As Soaring Fuel Prices Burn Up Budgets

ANNAPOLIS – When Prince George’s County officials put their fiscal 2000 fuel budget together back in November 1998, fuel prices were low and stable