HUD Gives Technological Boost to Community Involvement

WASHINGTON – Whether it’s for playgrounds, sidewalks, low- income housing or emergency shelters, Marylanders will soon be able to visualize exactly where some federal money is being used in their neighborhoods

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WASHINGTON – A Democratic challenger for the 1st District seat in Congress has more than twice as much campaign money in the bank as the incumbent, Republican Rep

Gun Control Group Calls for Ban on Gun Company Ads

WASHINGTON – A leading gun control group petitioned the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday to ban all gun advertising that claims handguns make homes safer, alleging the ads are false

Maryland Engineering Students in Car of the Future Contest

COLLEGE PARK – Engineering students from the University of Maryland College Park see the future in the skeletal remains of a glossy red 1995 Dodge Intrepid

Court of Special Appeals Upholds Finneyfrock Murder Conviction

ANNAPOLIS – In his opening statement during the trial last year of a Baltimore County man accused of murdering his parents, a state’s attorney played a recording of gunshots to simulate the killing

Bill Would Encourage Electronic Filing of Campaign Reports

ANNAPOLIS – A state lawmaker invited his colleagues to take a step closer to the Information Age Wednesday by allowing Maryland candidates to file their campaign disclosure reports in electronic form

COG Presses Congress and Clinton for Bay Funding

WASHINGTON – The Washington Area Council of Governments passed a resolution Wednesday urging Congress and President Clinton to fully fund a Chesapeake Bay cleanup program

Bill Would Permit Victim Testimony at Parole Hearings

ANNAPOLIS – Sue Mathis got her first black eye from her former husband shortly after they were married 30 years ago

Hold It Right There! Marriage Trainers Say

ANNAPOLIS – It’s Valentine’s Day, and she just popped the question