Traffic Death Rate is Twice as High in State’s Rural Areas

WASHINGTON – Rural residents in Maryland are more than twice as likely to be killed in a car accident as the state’s urban dwellers, according to an analysis of 1997 fatal crash data

Congress’ Odd Couple, Bartlett and Markey, Join Forces on Bill

WASHINGTON – The political ideologies of Reps

Millions of Documents Lure Academics, Amateurs to Archives II

COLLEGE PARK – It is 8:30 on a recent Tuesday evening — a half-hour before closing — and the bleary-eyed stragglers are filtering out of the National Archives II building after a full day’s work

Transit Helps Move People from Welfare to Work

ANNAPOLIS – Successful welfare reform is directly tied to adequate public transportation, experts say

Reporters Sift Newly Released Nixon Documents for `Holy Grail’

COLLEGE PARK – A handful of reporters and one researcher showed up at National Archives II Thursday to peruse previously classified segments of tape that were used as impeachment evidence against President Nixon

Surfing Seniors,770

ODENTON In the middle of a dark, cramped room, Raymond H

Archives To Release Previously Confidential Nixon Documents

COLLEGE PARK – The National Archives is set to release tens of thousands of President Nixon’s previously confidential files Thursday and portions of taped conversations that were cited in impeachment proceedings against him

Bill mandates drug, mental health screening for juvenile offenders

ANNAPOLIS More than half of all Maryland juvenile offenders have psychiatric problems, and one in four require mental health services that many aren’t getting, experts said Wednesday

Maryland Women Earn 74 cents To Male Dollar

WASHINGTON – Women in Maryland earn 74 cents for every $1 earned by men, or $173 less per week than the median salary for men, according to a study released Wednesday

Bill To Aid Food Allergy Sufferers Irks Restaurants

ANNAPOLIS As a food allergy sufferer, Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, D-Baltimore, knows all too well the risks of eating out