FCC Defends Role in Study Sidebar

WASHINGTON – Critics of the Federal Communications Commission report on discriminatory advertising practices said the agency had no business commissioning the study and has no power to enforce its findings

UMES pushes Assateague Ecology Project

ANNAPOLIS The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore urged the Eastern Shore delegation today to support funding for a proposed coastal teaching and research laboratory on Assateague Island

Growing Southern Maryland Appeals for More School Money

ANNAPOLIS – The three small counties of Southern Maryland battled more populous counties in the north and east for school construction money Wednesday, relying on frugality instead of showy demonstrations to make their case to the Board of Public Works

Ex-councilman’s Sex Conviction Overturned

ANNAPOLIS- A former Havre de Grace councilman may be retried on sex abuse charges because his accuser could have benefited financially from his conviction and jurors weren’t told

Baltimore May Join Other Cities in Suit Against Gun Industry

WASHINGTON – Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke said Thursday he will decide by early spring whether to sue the gun industry for medical and policing costs the city has incurred as a result of gun-related violence

Measure Aims to Jump-Start Market for Long-term Care Coverage

WASHINGTON – Two Maryland legislators are backing bills that they hope will jump-start the market for long-term health care insurance by requiring government agencies to offer the benefit to federal workers, retirees and their families

House Speaker Pushes Plan to Aid Distressed Counties

ANNAPOLIS- Speaker Casper R

Battle Begins to Lower Alcohol Limit for Drivers

ANNAPOLIS For the third time in as many years, Maryland legislators will try to make

Mikulski, Sarbanes Defend Party-Line Votes on Impeachment

WASHINGTON – Maryland Democratic Sens

County Executive Absence Disrupts Prince George’s Appeal

ANNAPOLIS The absence of the Prince George’s county executive did not go unnoticed during county’s appeal before the Board of Public Works for additional school construction funding on Wednesday