ANNAPOLIS Public financing of General Assembly campaigns would curb conflicts of interest and open up elections to those with smaller incomes, the lead sponsor of such legislation told the House Commerce and Government Matters committee last week

WASHINGTON – The tiny town of Oxford ranked second only to Bethesda in the amount residents sent to the Clinton Legal Expense Trust last year, thanks to a pair of $10,000 contributions from brothers Thomas and Edmund Stanley

WASHINGTON – Maryland residents gave more than $111,000 last year to help pay the president and first lady’s legal bills, the ninth-largest total from any state, according to data released by the Clinton Legal Expense Trust

ANNAPOLIS Viki Baxter waited at Baltimore/Washington International Airport for a flight to Atlanta she knew would get her home later than scheduled, but she had no choice

ANNAPOLIS A bill to require Maryland insurers and managed care companies to pay for annual chlamydia screenings for their high-risk members is a step closer to becoming law

ANNAPOLIS Arguments between hunters and nature lovers over legislation to repeal a longtime ban on Sunday hunting continued Friday in a Senate hearing with the committee chairman saying the bill was unlikely to get through his panel

KENSINGTON – At first glance, the Newport Tigers look like any other good high school basketball team

ANNAPOLIS If you are traveling from the Washington metropolitan area to business centers on the East Coast, don’t fly out of Washington Dulles International Airport at least not if you want get there on time

WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania has unleashed a secret weapon in its fight to lure high-tech workers back from Maryland and other states: Mister Rogers

WASHINGTON – Some Maryland Girl Scouts may soon have a different patch sharing space on their uniforms with the traditional camping and hiking patches — one that says “Stop Domestic Violence