ANNAPOLIS – The Senate approved and sent to the House Friday a bill that would help poor Marylanders by giving an income tax break to families living below the federal poverty line

ANNAPOLIS – No matter what projects they pitched — parks, adult day care centers or therapeutic equestrian centers — lawmakers politely referred to them as “worthy legislative initiatives

ANNAPOLIS – A proposal to protect gays from discrimination under the state’s human rights law sparked an outcry Friday from religious groups who questioned the state’s role in protecting homosexuals

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ANNAPOLIS – Its promise to put 100,000 cops on the street nationwide was somewhat misleading, its duration is limited and it has imposed unpublicized costs on local governments

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers moved quickly last week to kill a “well-intentioned” bill to limit human cloning experiments, after scientists warned that it might unwittingly stifle research on Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and cancer

WASHINGTON – While Maryland’s overall welfare caseload has dropped sharply, a state official told Congress that many of those leaving the system still depend on government programs like food stamps and Medicaid

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that penalizes those who assist in suicides, after an emotional debate that included lawmakers’ personal experiences of watching people suffer

ANNAPOLIS – Just as they are not forced to immunize their children, Maryland’s 1,000 Christian Science families say they should not be forced to have their children tested for lead poisoning

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals ruled Thursday that government workers in Maryland cannot collect disability and retirement funds at the same time