Low Blue Crab Harvest Concerns Officials

ANNAPOLIS – The blue crab harvest in the Chesapeake Bay was well below average last year and the outlook for this year suggests little improvement, say state officials

Maryland Man Wants to Come Out of the Basement with His Offbeat Museum

WASHINGTON – When the Maryland Science Center asked Harry Finley to loan items from his private collection to a women’s health exhibit that is scheduled to travel across the country, the New Carrollton man was thrilled

Looming New License Restrictions Have Teens Rushing to Driving Schools

WASHINGTON – Maryland teens are flocking to driving schools in an effort to beat a batch of new restrictions that will make it harder to get a drivers license after July 1

Firearms Pass Cars as Leading Cause of Injury-Related Deaths in Maryland

WASHINGTON – Firearms surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of injury-related death in Maryland in 1990, and the gap widened through 1996, according to a soon-to-be-released state report

State to Get $268 Million Bonus From Tobacco Deal

ANNAPOLIS Maryland will receive a $268 million bonus for its efforts in settling last year’s national tobacco deal, according to a report released this week

Study Says Maryland Could Not Weather an Economic Downturn

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s “rainy day fund” is already too small to keep the state afloat through an economic recession and it is being shrunk further to pay for an income tax cut, according to a report released Thursday

Reaction to Judge’s Decision on Proposition 16 Mixed

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland college and high school coaches are uncertain what the effect on their programs will be after Monday’s court ruling striking down test-score requirements for freshman athletes as unfair to blacks

Appeals Court Upholds Quick-Evict Policy for Criminals in Public Housing

The Baltimore City Housing Authority can continue its speedy eviction proceedings against tenants charged with certain criminal activity, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday

Second Nursing Home In Three Months Forced to Remove Residents

ANNAPOLIS-The state revoked the Medicare and Medicaid certification of its second nursing home in three months – part of a larger crackdown on such facilities