Five Maryland counties already have it

ANNAPOLIS – While the NFL stadium debate continues to define the 1996 General Assembly session, economists nationwide disagree whether publicly funded sports facilities actually boost a region’s economy

WASHINGTON – When the Maryland Senate considers a bill to change the state’s ballot access rules, Barbara Robson will be following the proceedings

ANNAPOLIS – Supporters of a bill to repeal the prevailing wage law, which has failed numerous times in the past, hope this year’s proposal will be pulled through by the pro-business fever in the Legislature

ANNAPOLIS – A state lawmaker from Baltimore, miffed by an editorial in that city’s daily newspaper, wants the General Assembly to agree with him that newspapers should tell their readers whenever their political endorsements reflect their publishers’ views

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

WASHINGTON – Republican Rep

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

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

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