JESSUP – Maryland has reinstated college classes for inmates at seven state prisons, replacing federally funded programs that were eliminated in 1995

JESSUP – The hallways here, with their wide windows into each classroom, are just like those in any high school — only much, much quieter

ANNAPOLIS – There don’t seem to be as many spring chickens on Maryland farms these days

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland children’s advocates fear a new law that takes effect July 1, will hurt a successful health program for the state’s poor children and pregnant women and force many of them to go without coverage

ANNAPOLIS – After a slam dunk vote in a key House committee Friday, a bill telling the federal government to keep its hands off Maryland’s tobacco settlement money could see a final vote on the House floor as early as Monday

WASHINGTON – Ocean City charter boat captain Mark Sampson’s specialty is shark and his customers willingly shell out up to $900 for a full day of off- shore fishing on his six-passenger boat

BALTIMORE – Paul Stancil has a nose for hazardous materials

ANNAPOLIS – In the 1980’s Maryland’s nursing homes were filled almost to capacity, then after 30 years of increasing enrollment the 1990’s witnessed an unexpected 5 percent drop

WASHINGTON – The relicensing of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant will have minimal environmental impact and should be allowed to proceed, according to a draft statement from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

WASHINGTON – Maryland lottery agents could be selling as many as 300 tickets a second in the minutes leading up to Friday night’s drawing for a $160 million Big Game jackpot, lottery officials predicted Thursday