Speaker Emphasizes Growth of High Tech Industries

ANNAPOLIS – Reduce the personal income tax, lift regulations and improve the skills of the work force if you want to make Maryland more attractive to high-tech business, economic experts told lawmakers Friday

Public Airs Concerns on Prison Sentencing

ANNAPOLIS – Making criminals serve their full sentences should be a priority in restructuring the state’s sentencing guidelines

School Nurses Poke and Probe a Student’s Life

ANNAPOLIS – Each day, Sandra Bell deals with bandages and ice packs, inhalers and tissues

Area H.S. Has 9 in Prestigious Westinghouse Semifinals

It must be something in Silver Spring’s water

Southern Maryland Lawmakers Beg for Leftover Funds

ANNAPOLIS – Southern Marylanders came with hats in hand to the Statehouse Wednesday, pleading for school construction money to serve their fast-growing counties

Group: “Smart Growth” Could Save 20% of Public Building Costs

ANNAPOLIS – Curbing suburban sprawl under Gov

Group Promotes Ethics Code for Poultry Producers

WASHINGTON – A workers’ rights advocacy group, accusing the poultry industry of providing poor wages and unsafe working conditions, Thursday unveiled a proposed code of ethics for poultry producers

Baltimore and Harford Counties Appeal for School Funds

ANNAPOLIS – Michael Rosen, 17, found the best excuse to skip school and American Government class Wednesday

Western Md. School Systems Ask for More School Building Funds

ANNAPOLIS – Allegany County, because it starts with an “A”, was the first school board to schmooze the governor, comptroller and treasurer on Wednesday