Marijuana Reform Unlikely in Maryland, Officials Say

WASHINGTON – Passage this month of initiatives in California and Arizona legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes has spurred an advocacy group to target Maryland and other states for similar measures

Former Valedictorian Fights to Change Marijuana Laws

WASHINGTON – During the three months Robert Kampia spent locked in prison, he never bought “extra food or toys” at the commissary, and he did not let himself watch MTV

Conviction Upheld in Murder of Tara Allison Gladden

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Friday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Curtis Aden Jamison in the 1993 strangulation of a 15-year-old Columbia girl

Tax Cut,800

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

Calvert County To Focus on Children and Families in 1997

Calvert County officials have declared 1997 the Year of the Family because some members of the county’s League of Women Voters thought children in their communities were spending too much time on their own

Bay Commission Says Road Signs Will Increase Awareness

ANNAPOLIS – The Chesapeake Bay Commission is making sure travelers on the major highways to Ocean City get a geography and environmental lesson with new road signs marking the boundaries of the bay watershed

Civic Group Asks Clinton to Help Ease Police-Minority Relations

WASHINGTON – A national civic and civil rights group called on President Clinton Tuesday to help mend relations between police and minority communities

Bartlett Calls for Congressional Vote on Zaire Mission

WASHINGTON – Republican Rep

When Wintry Weather Puts Hands in Pockets, Out Comes?

With the season’s first cold snap, Marylanders reached for their heavy coats this week, knocked off the lint, and discovered surprises — pleasant and not — tucked deep in woolly pockets