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

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

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

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

ANNAPOLIS – Southern Maryland tobacco farmers and lawmakers asked a Senate committee Wednesday for $220 million to help cushion the expected economic blow to their markets from ongoing anti-smoking efforts

WASHINGTON – For Frederick resident Patricia Shank, it was bad enough that she had to sit on a grounded Virgin Atlantic jet for nine hours in an ice storm in January

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WASHINGTON – Poultry industry officials Tuesday attacked Vice President Al Gore’s plan to make them share responsibility with independent farmers for chicken waste, calling the proposal unnecessary and heavy-handed