WASHINGTON – The Small Business Administration is lauding two measures aimed at making it easier for small companies to contract with the federal government

WASHINGTON – Former Rep

Students at Salisbury University receive credit for working at the registrar’s office, food service and other campus departments, giving the university labor production at no cost

BALTIMORE – Chief Judge Robert Bell, Maryland’s highest- ranking judicial officer, played the part of a role model with style

HANOVER – State Highway Administration officials announced Thursday that they have added new materials and equipment to fight the winter storms that may accompany El Nino — the warming of ocean waters in the equatorial Pacific — in the coming season

WASHINGTON – You check the expiration date on your milk, cottage cheese and orange juice

ANNAPOLIS – Ruling that the accused did not receive a fair trial, the Maryland Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed the double- murder conviction of Darris Ware, who was sentenced to death for the 1993 gunshot slayings in Anne Arundel County of Bettina Krista Gentry and Cynthia Allen

WASHINGTON – Commercial striped bass harvests jumped 77 percent last year in the Chesapeake Bay area, the largest increase since Maryland lifted its rockfish moratorium in 1989, the federal government reported

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders may be able to access complete voting records of the state’s General Assembly on the Internet during the 1998 session

COLLEGE PARK – The advisory board for President Clinton’s Initiative on Race came to the University of Maryland on Wednesday to find ways to preserve campus diversity in the face of recent attacks on affirmative action