Annapolis — Mayors from across the state on Thursday publicly embraced the governor’s Smart Growth initiative, an effort to revitalize urban neighborhoods and direct suburban growth

ANNAPOLIS – With one stroke of the keyboard, high school students may now apply to any of the 11 University of Maryland System’s campuses through the World Wide Web

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Friday upheld a Montgomery County Circuit Court in its dismissal of a “breach of promise to marry” suit, holding that the Legislature’s abolition of that cause of action 51 years ago “is not even open to argument

ESSEX – The calendar in the boy’s room is turned to June 1996

WASHINGTON – A six-line bill introduced by Maryland’s two senators opens a pandora’s box of questions on debt, consumer spending and bankruptcy

WASHINGTON – Judith Hoyer, a Prince George’s County school official and wife of Democratic Rep

ANNAPOLIS – A 6-year-old St

WASHINGTON – Maryland lost nearly 5 percent of its private sector, high-tech jobs over a five-year period – largely because of a hemorrhage in defense electronics positions, a recent survey says

ANNAPOLIS – Citing confusion to the general public and law researchers, advocates implored lawmakers Thursday to rename Maryland’s Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals

ANNAPOLIS – Renee Fitzgerald has been going to Madame Walker’s Braidery in Suitland for the past year to have her hair braided