WASHINGTON – At 3:25 p

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s congressional delegation voted 7-1 Friday to release independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s report on the president, despite reservations about its content and fairness to President Clinton

ANNAPOLIS – “Chuck Ecker for governor,” the Republican candidate said over and over Wednesday morning, as he methodically made his way across the room of an assisted-living home, shaking hands and introducing himself to residents

WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau admits that it missed more than 100,000 Marylanders in the 1990 census, an error that state officials say has cost more than $100 million a year in lost federal funding

ANNAPOLIS – Despite numerous predictions that Gov

WASHINGTON – Even though it made progress in its use of digital technology, Maryland fell from fifth to 11th place this year in an annual report on the states’ online services

Here are thumbnail sketches of each of the lieutenant governor candidates running in Tuesday’s primary, along with responses to two questions:

DEMOCRATS CANDIDATE: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

RUNNING MATE: Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Although former Gov

WASHINGTON – Baltimore and Washington are among the worst cities in the nation for suburban sprawl and are on pace to consume 40,000 acres of Maryland farmland for housing by the year 2006, according to a report released Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – An attorney for a divorced mother argued to Maryland’s highest court Wednesday that her ex-husband’s gay partner should be banned during her children’s visits, because of his negative impact on them