ANNAPOLIS- Southern Maryland lawmakers outlined their fight against a proposed tobacco tax Friday, promising letter-writing campaigns and testimony from tobacco farmers and vowing to bring busloads of opponents to the State House

WASHINGTON – Maryland has a new, fast- growing export, according to a report released last month by state officials — trash

ANNAPOLIS – After what he thought was a successful dinner with a community member during his campaign for the House of Delegates last year, Bobby Zirkin felt confident enough to order a beer

WASHINGTON – Memo to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani: While Virginians fight to keep more of your city’s garbage out of their state, at least two Maryland dumps are happy to import trash

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s highest court said a Baltimore man could not get a fair trial from a judge who feuded openly with the man’s attorney — rephrasing the lawyer’s questions, accusing him of swiping a court marker and handcuffing him in front of jurors

WASHINGTON – Maryland voters are going on-line in record numbers to give their congressmen an earful on the impeachment of President Clinton

WASHINGTON – One stand-up comic said he was there hoping to get some new material

ANNAPOLIS Southern Maryland lawmakers are fuming at Gov

ANNAPOLIS – When Gov

ANNAPOLIS Montgomery County’s delegation to the General Assembly will try to rein in health maintenance organizations’ broad powers to deny care to their members