Md. General Assembly of Two Minds on Death Penalty

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators are in engaged in a duel over the death penalty

Shore Libraries Face Competing Demands, Need More Support

ANNAPOLIS — Public libraries these days face some hard choices: Do they buy more computers so people can surf the Internet or start a bookmobile program in poor neighborhoods?

Library representatives met with Eastern Shore lawmakers Friday to discuss these pressures

Bank Fee Bill Clears House Committee

ANNAPOLIS – The House Commerce and Government Matters Committee Friday recommended passage of a bill limiting the amount banks may charge customers who deposit bad checks

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WASHINGTON – It used to be you’d have to peruse the local post office wall to see who was on the FBI’s infamous “Top 10 Most Wanted” list

Homeless Shelter Activist on Hunger Strike Says Barry Agrees to Fix Roof

WASHINGTON – Terri Bishop expects her month-long hunger strike in front of the mayor’s office to pay off

Volunteer Compensation,580

ANNAPOLIS – School volunteers who are injured on the job are not entitled to weekly disability payments under the state workers’ compensation law, Court of Appeals ruled Thursday

Retailers, Consumers Protest Bill Allowing New Video Rental Tax

ANNAPOLIS – Consumers and store owners staged a take-off on the Boston Tea Party Thursday to protest bills allowing localities to increase the sales tax on home video rentals to 10 percent

Patient Consent before Data Collection, Demonstrators Say

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Health Care Access and Cost Commission collects medical information from patients and compiles it into a database to determine costs of health care services

What Do You Call a Lawmaker? Delegate? Or Assemblyman(woman)?

ANNAPOLIS – For 200 years, members of Maryland’s lower legislative house have been called “delegates