WASHINGTON – A sweeping anti-affirmative action proposal that would have ended racial and gender preferences in federal hiring and contracting was rejected Thursday by a House panel

ANNAPOLIS – Get ready for the new other white meat: rabbit

ANNAPOLIS – The system that deals with nearly 12,000 children in foster care daily needs more judicial resources and training, an improved information system and a revised foster care law, according to a report released Wednesday

WASHINGTON – Rep

WASHINGTON – Maryland has come closer than most states to meeting the government’s education goals, but it still has far to go, according to a congressionally mandated study released Wednesday

WASHINGTON – At age 71, Rep

COLLEGE PARK – Alea Iacta Est

WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved President Clinton’s nominations of a Maryland lawmaker as ambassador to Romania and a Bethesda woman to a top United Nations post

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, which considered and rejected two proposed tax credits for long-term care insurance last session, is looking at the issue again

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday overturned the supervised probation and mandatory drug treatment prescribed for a Prince George’s County man, ruling that the trial judge neglected strict sentencing guidelines in his decision