ANNAPOLIS – Comptroller William Donald Schaefer pressured the Glendening administration Wednesday to name its alternative sites for a police training center originally planned for Sykesville in Carroll County
Supreme Court Hears Montgomery County Couples’ Privacy Rights Case
WASHINGTON – An attorney for a Montgomery County couple asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to draw a “bright line
Schaefer, Dixon Criticize Bridge Plan
ANNAPOLIS – The Board of Public Works approved a design Wednesday for the new Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, but only after both Comptroller William Donald Schaefer and State Treasurer Richard Dixon sharply criticized the drawbridge design and complained about feeling rushed to vote
Maryland Veterans’ Department Almost Reality
ANNAPOLIS – Creation of a new Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs needs only a final OK from Governor Parris N
State Defends Itself Against Criticism of Nursing Home Oversight
WASHINGTON – A Maryland health official said limited resources and unclear federal direction are largely to blame for General Accounting Office findings that the state drags its feet when investigating poor nursing home care
Electric Deregulation Disturbs Environmentalists
ANNAPOLIS — The Senate Finance Committee may have thought it was in the clear Friday when it passed a bill opening Maryland’s electric market to competition, but Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment said Monday that the Senate bill falls short on protecting air and water quality
Law, Lax Attitude Make It Hard to Prosecute Elderly Abuse, Officer Says
WASHINGTON – Anne Arundel County Police Detective Bob Fuecker told a Senate panel Tuesday the county has investigated 53 cases of elderly abuse in the last four years
Appeals Court Rejects Laundry List of Complaints by Convicted Drug Dealers
A federal circuit court rejected claims by a member of a Prince George’s County drug ring that he should not have been sentenced as a “career offender,” despite two previous convictions
DWI Reform Loses in House Judiciary Committee
ANNAPOLIS – Large-scale DWI reform seems dead for the year, with the rejection in the House of several bills targeting drunken drivers, including two to lower the blood alcohol level at which drivers are considered intoxicated