Lawmakers Assured Coppin Mistakes Won’t Happen Again

ANNAPOLIS – University officials assured lawmakers Thursday that there will be “no questions” about future contracting procedures like those that swirled around Coppin State College and former Sen

Rural Lawmakers’ Pfiesteria Plan Spreads Chicken Manure Around

ANNAPOLIS – Rural lawmakers Thursday unveiled their own plan to fight pfiesteria, including an “aggressive” proposal to ship as much as 180,000 tons of chicken manure off the lower Eastern Shore

State’s Share of Tobacco Settlement Shrinking

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland could wind up with $386

Court Upholds Mandatory 25-Year Sentence for Career Burglar

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland appeals court Wednesday upheld the mandatory 25-year jail term for a burglar who was sentenced just one day before lawmakers moved to relax the “three strikes, you’re out” law that put him behind bars

Jailed Dad Can’t be Made to Pay Child Support, Court Rules

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals on Wednesday ordered a new hearing for a father who was billed for five years of child support that accrued while he was in prison

Panel Seeks Hefty Raise for Governor, Other Top Officials

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s governor already makes the third- highest salary in the nation, but a state commission said he is overdue for a raise that would make him the highest paid

Health Department Collects $18 Million More Than Needed in Fees

ANNAPOLIS- The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene collected about $18 million more in fees from health-care practitioners than it needed to regulate them over the past two years

Conviction for Baltimore Shooting Spree Upheld

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Tuesday upheld the attempted-murder conviction of a Baltimore man who opened fire on three men whose double-parked car was blocking his way

Couple Fights Murderer for Custody of His Kids

ANNAPOLIS – Charles Hicks stabbed his wife, Nancy Klotz, 34 times while their 2-year-old son watched in their South Baltimore home in 1996

Bill Targets `Social Promotion’ of Unprepared Students

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland schools need strict standards for passing students up a grade instead of using promotions “as a means of getting them out of the way,” a lawmaker argued Tuesday