Ficker Formally Announces Senate Bid, After 18 Months Campaigning For Job

GAITHERSBURG – Republican Robin Ficker made it official Thursday: After campaigning for a year and a half, the former state delegate announced that he is running for the U

State’s College Campuses Often Sit in Unsafe Areas, National Study Says

WASHINGTON – Many of Maryland’s four-year colleges sit in unsafe communities, according to a new national study that state college officials immediately attacked as irrelevant

Vets Worried by Plan to Shift Services from Fort Howard Medical Center

WASHINGTON – Billy Buck says he is in good health now, but the Army veteran worries about what might happen if the Department of Veterans Affairs scales back services at nearby Fort Howard VA Medical Center

Veterans Day Brings Bitter Memory of Japanese Slave Labor for Two Area Vets

WASHINGTON – Paul Reuter plans to attend Veterans Day ceremonies at his local American Legion post Thursday, but it won’t be without regrets or bad memories

Maryland Opens Prepaid College Tuition Fund to D.C. Residents

WASHINGTON – The state has opened the Maryland Prepaid College Trust Fund to residents of Washington, D

Maryland Eyes Outcome of Supreme Court Case on Mandatory Student Fees

WASHINGTON – Colleges should be allowed to collect mandatory student fees, even if some students object to the campus groups that their money is being used to support, the University of Wisconsin argued Tuesday before the Supreme Court

Women’s Caucus Finds Its Work Cut Out for It — Once Again

ANNAPOLIS – A parade of witnesses told the Women Legislators of Maryland on Tuesday that the state needs to focus on issues of health care, domestic violence, education, gun control and poverty

Lasers Make Nighttime Speed Traps Possible — But Not Safe — for Cops

WASHINGTON – Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputies have yet to take their new laser gun out at night

Increasing Use of Lasers Lets Police Hunt for Speeders at Night

WASHINGTON – Alexander Anneker was zipping around a curve on Interstate 295 in Prince George’s County earlier this fall when a man with a gun suddenly stepped in front of his car