ANNAPOLIS Environmentalists have some reservations about plans to burn chicken manure as fuel for power plants ironically an effort promoted to help with a different environmental problem, the fish-killing disease Pfiesteria piscicida

WASHINGTON – A House committee approved a bill Wednesday to exempt Amish teen-agers from a portion of federal child labor law, a move that could help Maryland’s Amish families protect their threatened way of life

TOWSON – When Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D-Baltimore, received a report on the status of computers in the classroom last year, she was impressed to see that 82 percent of Maryland teachers feel comfortable operating computers

ANNAPOLIS – Two new economic development bills introduced by Gov

ANNAPOLIS Lyndon Abell wants to ride his motorcycle to the nearby 7-Eleven, but he’d like to do it without wearing a helmet a violation of state law

COLLEGE PARK – President Clinton called on a cheering University of Maryland crowd Wednesday to join in national service and help recruit more than 50,000 volunteers for the AmeriCorps program next year

ANNAPOLIS Comptroller William Donald Schaefer demanded to know why plans for a bypass road in Brookeville were rejected and said he plans to visit the town himself to learn more about the situation

COLLEGE PARK – Tickets for President Clinton’s visit Wednesday to the University of Maryland reportedly “went like hotcakes

ANNAPOLIS-Diane Richmond has taught for seven years

COLLEGE PARK – Jessica Davies’ 4-year- old son, Drew, wants President Clinton to take a time-out