Senate Close To Passing Health Plan Disclosure Bill

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill requiring health insurance carriers to disclose information about their plans and operating practices to consumers, employers and doctors

Clinton’s ’97 Budget Includes an Increase For Bay Funding

WASHINGTON – President Clinton’s proposed budget for fiscal year 1997 includes a small increase in funds for Chesapeake Bay cleanup programs

Glendening Restores Funding for Prison Education

ANNAPOLIS – Teachers in Maryland’s prison schools and their inmate students rejoiced Tuesday over a decision by Gov

Bill Raising Accountability of State-Aided Business Advances

ANNAPOLIS – A bill raising the standard of accountability for businesses that receive special state loans or grants in exchange for bringing Maryland jobs and capital investment passed a hurdle in the General Assembly Friday

State Officials Pull Back on Plans to Limit Welfare Benefits

ANNAPOLIS – State welfare officials have abandoned all thought of imposing a five-year lifetime limit on benefits, and now say any such limit will have to come from Congress

Terhes Helps Put Maryland Republicans on Political Map

ANNAPOLIS – After Joyce Lyons Terhes decided to run for office in heavily Democratic Calvert County 10 years ago, an attorney she knew told her that as a Republican and a woman she stood no chance

Elderly Woman Loses Lawsuit against University Police

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against several police agencies over the search of a Takoma Park home for stolen University of Maryland property

College Park Committee For A Better Environment is Honored

WASHINGTON – A College Park environmental group received an award Thursday for its efforts to keep the Anacostia River clean