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PIKESVILLE – With Hurricane Floyd bearing down on Maryland, officials from about 40 government agencies, volunteer organizations and utilities gathered Thursday in the Pikesville bunker of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency

WASHINGTON – Two of Maryland’s Republican representatives joined their Democratic counterparts this week and voted for a campaign finance reform bill that would eliminate “soft money

WASHINGTON – A Senate subcommittee Wednesday restored more than $267 million for the Goddard Space Flight Center, reversing a House cut that could have threatened 1,500 jobs at the Maryland center

WASHINGTON – Hurricane Floyd was still several hundred miles from Maryland Wednesday, but it was powerful enough to force the cancellation of Amtrak and MARC rail service in the state and foul up commuting and travel plans

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals Tuesday approved a subdivision plan for a Chestertown Wal-Mart store, but the decision may just create another roadblock in the company’s nearly seven-year quest to build a 107,000-square-foot facility

ANNAPOLIS – When consumers put their hard-earned cash on the table they expect a good product or service

ANNAPOLIS – A deluge from Hurricane Floyd probably isn’t going to do it: Maryland needs a cold, wet winter to offset the drought’s effects, but meteorologists disagree about whether the coming months will deliver

WASHINGTON – Maryland can afford to wait for more information about Site 104 and the environmental impact the projected dredge disposal site may have on the Chesapeake Bay, several members of the state’s congressional delegation said Tuesday

WASHINGTON- School uniforms have been popular in Maryland since at least 1987, and the dozen years since have seen only an increase in that trend