OAKLAND, Md

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s eight representatives voted along straight party lines Thursday evening during House passage of the GOP Medicare reform bill

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service solicited the public for ideas this week on ways to make the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House more beautiful and secure

WASHINGTON – State legislators Wednesday came to the Capitol seeking answers from Maryland congressmen about how deeply federal budget cuts will slash checks for welfare, Medicare and student loans

WASHINGTON – A regional planning board considered options Wednesday ranging from adding ferry service to imposing tolls at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to ease traffic during needed repairs and after

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Salisbury man was properly convicted for breaking into an apartment and stealing jewelry, despite the defendant’s claim that the evidence against him was circumstantial

WASHINGTON – Labor unions in Maryland are nearly evenly split between the two candidates squaring off in organized labor’s first contested presidential election in a century

ANNAPOLIS – A Prince George’s County man had his drug conviction overturned Tuesday by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, in part because of surprise testimony from a police officer

WASHINGTON – Congressional plans to ship the nation’s commercial nuclear waste to Nevada, potentially exposing residents along the routes to radioactivity from accidents, drew protests Tuesday from municipalities and environmentalists in Maryland

ON A TRAIN TO WASHINGTON – Before traveling from Baltimore to the Million Man March, Clarence Mitchell IV tiptoed into his son’s bedroom, knelt down beside him and gently nudged him awake