Maryland has failed to properly monitor the quality of the state’s lakes, rivers, and bays, said three environmental groups in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday
Social Security May Use Field Offices To Capture Fugitives
WASHINGTON – The Social Security Administration wants to do more than cut off benefits to felons — it wants to help arrest them
Officials Want Water Control Taken Away from District
WASHINGTON – Suburban officials said Wednesday they remain concerned about the District’s control of the D
Environmentalists, Industry Have Doubts on Utility Deregulation
ANNAPOLIS – The proposed deregulation of Maryland’s electricity industry could have a devastating effect on environmental quality, a coalition of state environmental activists is telling state government
Md. Appeals Court Overturns Death Sentence for Cop Killer
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Maryland state trooper because of procedural errors made by the Talbot County Circuit Court during sentencing
Howard County Helps Baltimore with Minority Adoptions
WASHINGTON – Howard County officials hope to place 100 black kids from Baltimore in new homes in the wealthier suburban enclave, under a new program aimed at easing the city’s crushing adoption caseload
Maryland Middle-Schoolers To Be Anti-Tobacco Activists
WASHINGTON – Maryland middle school students will be targeted to become anti-tobacco activists under a classroom program being developed by an arm of the nation’s largest teachers union
National Museum of Dentistry Has Reason To Smile
BALTIMORE – Hear the phrase “National Museum of Dentistry” and the image that leaps to mind is probably of a small, rather pathetic roadside attraction with maybe two rooms and five part- time employees
High Court Refuses To Hear Case Of Maryland Death Row Inmate
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the conviction of Vernon Lee Evans, a Maryland man sentenced to death in the 1983 murder-for-hire slayings of two Pikesville hotel workers