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Maryland Turns Focus on Lead Paint to Individual Homes
WASHINGTON – Maryland officials said they will use a federal grant to turn lead paint abatement programs away from large apartment complexes, focusing instead on individual’s homes and small rental units
Police Request More Tools to Fight Child Pornography
ANNAPOLIS Police this week asked state legislators for more tools in their increasingly high-tech war against child pornography, but critics warned that quirks in Internet technology could unfairly subject innocent people to prosecution
Local Jailers Pass on Opportunity to Grab Federal Funds
WASHINGTON – The state and six counties will get $3
Despite a Wet January, Farmers Want More Rain
ANNAPOLIS It may be a wet winter but don’t let that fool you; Maryland has not lifted its statewide advisory to take shorter showers and conserve water in general
Anti-Abortion Internet Site Turns Focus on Maryland Doctors
WASHINGTON – Abortion-rights supporters in Maryland had little time last week to celebrate a $107 million Oregon verdict against an anti-abortion web site that has now turned its focus on doctors here
White House Wants to Attach Strings to State Tobacco Settlement Funds
WASHINGTON – The White House will not relinquish its claim to a portion of the states’ $246 billion tobacco settlement unless the states agree to use the money for public health and anti-smoking programs
Legislators, Retailers Seek Tax-Free Week
ANNAPOLIS- Back-to-school clothes may be five percent cheaper next year if some legislators win General Assembly approval for a bill creating a sales tax-free week in Maryland
Infrequent Hospice Inspections Miss Disturbing Problems
ANNAPOLIS State inspectors visiting hospice programs have uncovered long-standing and serious problems that the current 10-year inspection cycle allows to continue for too long, the licensing director of the state health department told the General Assembly this week