State Mulls Relaxation of Senior Living Rules

ANNAPOLIS – The competition between nursing homes and senior living facilities continues as the nursing home industry fights two bills to allow more senior citizens to live out their years in continuing-care communities

Small Town’s Lawsuit Gets Results — Finally — from Big Bureaucracy

WASHINGTON – After years of trying to get the Department of Housing and Urban Development to repair five houses it owns in the town of Cheverly, local officials finally found a way to get the agency’s attention: They sued

Hundreds Rally to Denounce Racist Hate Letters on College Park Campus

COLLEGE PARK – Hundreds of students and faculty members rallied Wednesday at the University of Maryland College Park to denounce “particularly repellent” hate mail that was sent to black leaders and organizations on campus this week

Electronic Testimony Considered for Maryland Courts

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland House Judiciary Committee members were glued to the TV set as a lawyer and former delegate explained how two-way video conferencing could change civil court testimony forever

Maryland Drug Arrests Climb for Second Year in a Row

WASHINGTON – Drug arrests have increased steadily in Maryland for the past two years after a sharp drop in 1996, as police agencies have become “more aggressive” in pursuing drug crimes

BG&E Officials Brush Off Impact of Court Ruling on Calvert Cliffs Relicensing

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court decision mandating “a meaningful hearing” on the relicensing of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant will have “minor, if any” effect, a Baltimore Gas & Electric spokesman said Tuesday

Liberty Tree is Gone, But Ideas Flourish on How to Carve Up its Wood

WASHINGTON – How do you preserve the legacy of a 96-foot-tall tulip poplar that stood for liberty and justice for centuries?

Some people think croquet mallets are the perfect answer

Maryland Colleges Hope Bill Can Boost Enrollment of D.C. Students

WASHINGTON – Maryland public universities hope to jump-start lagging enrollment of Washington, D

Environmentalists Say Hoyer Has Turned a Lighter Shade of Green

WASHINGTON – Maryland environmental groups that have in the past supported Rep