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

Lawmakers Aim to Make Harassment by E-Mail a Felony

ANNAPOLIS – For more than two decades it has been a crime in Maryland to harass someone over the telephone

College Newspapers Grapple With Coverage of Lewinsky Affair

On campuses across the country, the Monica Lewinsky affair is forcing college newspapers to grapple with coverage of what is alternately described as “the story of our lives” and “American journalism at its worst

Fears of El Nino Melt in the Face of Warm Winter Weather

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is wrapping up one of the warmest Januaries in a century, which gave highway crews a break and sent ski resort snow machines into overdrive

Maryland Democrats Put Brave Front on Lewinsky Fallout

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Democrats insist that the latest White House sex scandal will not harm them in November, but they still appear defensive about the issue and anxious that Republicans will try to use it against them