Lawmakers Lose Fight To Keep Water Intake Out Of Potomac

ANNAPOLIS – To residents from the Montgomery side of the river, the Potomac is a treasure that brings “joy to the eye and peace to the soul” — but maybe not for long

Working Poor, Elderly, Children Turn Up in Soup Kitchen Lines

BALTIMORE – Children, the elderly and the working poor are more likely than ever to turn to charitable organizations for food in Maryland, according to a new survey by the Maryland Food Bank

Trucker Gets Workers Comp Hearing Despite Positive Cocaine Test

ANNAPOLIS – A Virginia truck driver who tested positive for cocaine after crashing his rig on a Maryland highway will be allowed to file for Maryland worker’s compensation

Bill Would Let State Control Orioles and Ravens Ticket Prices

ANNAPOLIS – The Orioles couldn’t sign players like Cal Ripken if the state adopts a proposal to regulate ticket prices at Camden Yards, warned a team representative

`Rough Sex’ Conviction Upheld by Appellate Court

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Friday upheld the conviction of a Baltimore County stable worker who raped, sexually assaulted and beat his former employer

Lawmakers Fight To Keep Water Intake Out Of Potomac

ANNAPOLIS – To residents from the Montgomery side of the river, the Potomac is a treasure that brings “joy to the eye and peace to the soul” — but maybe not for long

Opticians Locked in Stare Down Over Proposed Regulations

ANNAPOLIS – Barbers have to be certified in Maryland, but the people who fill eyeglass prescriptions don’t even need a high school diploma

Pfiesteria Plan Would Allow Amish Farmers Off the Hook

MECHANICSVILLE – Joe Stoltzfus has lived in the same Amish community here for all of his 56 years

Appeals Court Orders Third Trial in Triple-Murder Case

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland appeals court has again overturned the triple-murder conviction of a Prince George’s County man and ordered a new trial — his third in four years

Eastern Shore Secession Plan Gets Cool Reception at Hearing

ANNAPOLIS – Michael Johnstone and five South Dorchester High School classmates did not know when they came to Annapolis Thursday that lawmakers would be debating Eastern Shore secession