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

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Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Maryland ‘Patient-Dumping’ Case

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from a Frederick woman who claimed her father was the victim of negligent medical care and “patient dumping” by Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring

Maryland Parents Home School for Many Reasons

WASHINGTON – Bill and Nancy Greer of Pasadena both gave up full-time jobs to home school their two children

Number of Home-Schooled Students Skyrockets in State

WASHINGTON – The number of students taught at home in Maryland rose almost 500 percent this decade, growing from 2,296 home-schooled students in the 1990- 91 school year to 13,665 in 1997-98

Warmer-Than-Normal Spring to Follow Warmer-Than-Normal Winter

WASHINGTON – This spring will be warmer than usual, forecasters say, and comes on the heels of a winter that will go down as the 10th-warmest on record for the region

State Connects Grandparents to Resources for Child-rearing

ANNAPOLIS – As the state turns more and more to grandparents to shoulder the responsibility of raising their grandchildren, the grandparents are turning to the state and other caregivers for some guidance on how to do it

Transgender Lawyer Moves Lawmakers on Discrimination Bill

ANNAPOLIS- Face scowling and hurling contrary questions, Delegate Emmett C