ANNAPOLIS -It took 110 million years, and some help from a group of Maryland students who lobbied on its behalf, but the House gave final approval Friday to a bill naming Astrodon Johnstoni the official state dinosaur

ANNAPOLIS – Opponents of a state plan to limit development in Howard County near the Patuxent River hailed its defeat this week, calling it a victory for local zoning autonomy

ANNAPOLIS – Explosive growth of community associations is adding fuel to the debate over the state’s role in regulating the privately run — some say autocratic — quasi-governments

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland spent at least four times more on abortions in 1996 than all of its neighbors combined, according to figures supplied by state and Washington, D

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that makes it easier to deny workers’ compensation benefits to employees who are drunk or on drugs when they are hurt on the job

ANNAPOLIS – A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the murder convictions of John Norman Huffington, who brutally killed two Harford County residents in drug-related attacks during the 1981 Memorial Day weekend

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals said Wednesday that the Board of Chiropractic Examiners was not biased against a doctor they accused of trying to blackmail two of their members with sex

ANNAPOLIS – More Maryland banks than ever are adding surcharges for automatic teller use and the fees here have grown three times as fast as the national average, to $1

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals on Tuesday upheld sex offense and child abuse convictions against a Harford County man, rejecting his claim that his victim should have been forced to testify in public