Perennial Bill Would Quash the Lying Game in Md. Legislature

ANNAPOLIS – A bill that would make it illegal to lie to members of the General Assembly has cleared a hurdle in its yearly, ill-fated track

Tenants Protest Change in Housing Program

WASHINGTON – Low-income housing advocates Friday assailed a Clinton administration plan to replace a federal rental assistance program with housing vouchers

Recipients Say Targeted Program Is Needed

ANNAPOLIS – Twenty years in cotton and steel mills left Gerald Wilcox so injured he can hardly walk to his neighborhood grocer without pain

Catholic Schools Mark Enrollment Increases

WHEATON – Rhonda Leonard doesn’t want to send her three children to public schools

Parents, Students Debate Merits of Service Requirement

ANNAPOLIS – High school students should not be forced to perform community service to receive their diplomas, supporters of a House bill to repeal the service learning requirement told the Ways and Means committee Wednesday

Eastern Shore Delegates Support Anti-Hunger Measures

ANNAPOLIS – Key Eastern Shore legislators pledged their support for anti-hunger measures at a meeting Thursday with members of the Maryland Coalition to End Hunger

Mail-order Booze Becoming a Problem, Officials Say

ANNAPOLIS – Mail-order alcohol presents a sobering problem for Maryland, House members learned Thursday

Muldowney Loaned Congressional Campaign $74,500

WASHINGTON – While almost all of Rep

Background Checks Sought for Care Providers to Elderly

ANNAPOLIS – If our children deserve to be protected from unfit care providers, so do our our elderly

Advocates for Poor Plead To Restore Welfare Program

ANNAPOLIS – Advocates for the poor and disabled pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to restore a welfare program slashed from the 1996 budget by Gov