Group Wants America to Focus on Children’s Health Needs

WASHINGTON – A nonprofit group hopes to rally hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and across the country June 1 in a stand for improved health care for children

College Students Graduate to Full-Time Positions on Campus

ANNAPOLIS – Anthony D’Antonio remembers what it was like to wait for an acceptance letter from Salisbury State University

Court Rules Parents Not Responsible for Adult Son’s Accident

ANNAPOLIS – Although they gave him the car, the parents of an adult son who swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed into another driver cannot be held accountable for the accident, the Maryland Court of Appeals said in a unanimous ruling Friday

Area Anti-Apartheid Activists Go to South Africa

WASHINGTON – Two area anti-apartheid activists fulfilled dreams of exploring their African heritage Thursday when they left for the first-ever Peace Corps mission to South Africa

Legislators, Juvenile Justice Department Target Young Offenders

ANNAPOLIS – What’s the best way to deal with young criminal offenders? Should they be punished? Or should authorities try to turn around their lives?

Those are the questions being debated at the Statehouse this legislative session as Maryland’s juvenile crime rate continues to rise

Maryland Announces Wetlands, Environmental Benchmarks

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland officials hope to increase the state’s wetlands acreage by ten percent as part of a new plan to set “benchmarks” that measure environmental progress

Federal Worker Groups Take Clinton To Task For Proposing A Delay In Retiree Pay Increases

WASHINGTON – Federal worker groups told a congressional panel Thursday that President Clinton’s budget unfairly targets retired civilian federal employees for delays in cost-of-living increases

Proposed Cemetery Regulations Prompt Heated Debate

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers and cemetery operators clashed frequently during a marathon hearing on proposed regulations Wednesday