Lawmakers See Little Hope for Deregulating Electric Utilities

ANNAPOLIS – A legislative task force studying retail electric competition meets Thursday, but leaders of the panel concede that chances for deregulation are all but dead this year

State Has Windfall for School Construction

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence for Prince George’s Killer

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for Jean Alex Clermont in the 1995 kidnapping, robbery and murder of a man at a Prince George’s County recreation center

First Phase of Income Tax Cut Hardly Noticed in Paychecks

Ed Johnson won’t be going on a shopping spree anytime soon with the money he will save on a state income tax cut that took effect Jan

Senate Votes To Keep Treadmill Tests Mandatory

ANNAPOLIS – Treadmill emissions testing appears to be here to stay

Rush to Switch Off Air Bags Worries Safety Experts

ANNAPOLIS – Just over 100 Maryland residents have won permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to have air bag on/off switches installed in their cars beginning Monday

County Lawmakers See Busing Suit as Road to State Riches

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s legislators hope the county’s effort to get out of a court-ordered school busing plan will strengthen their case for extra state education funding

High Court Orders New Hearing in Attorneys’ Spat

ANNAPOLIS – A divided Maryland Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for a Montgomery County attorney who reneged on a deal to split a legal fee with another lawyer

Young’s Ouster Overshadows Goals of Black Caucus

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus has a full agenda but those goals are being overshadowed by the threatened expulsion of the caucus chairman, Sen