Lawmakers Want Businesses To Help Reduce Welfare Rolls

ANNAPOLIS – Legislation aimed at getting Maryland businesses to help welfare recipients go to work won tentative approval Wednesday in the Maryland House of Delegates

Ocean City Seeks State Help for Convention Center Expansion

ANNAPOLIS – Ocean City, looking for state help to renovate and expand its 25-year-old convention center, wants to put the facility under the Maryland Stadium Authority’s domain

Indian Museum Could Be Delayed Due To Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON – Budget slashing last week in the House cut $22 million from a proposed American Indian cultural center in Suitland, Md

Maryland Municipalities Anticipate Mandates Relief

WASHINGTON – Maryland officials welcomed President Clinton’s signing Wednesday of a bill slowing down Congress’ ability to burden state and local governments with expensive programs without paying for them

Teachers Association Hands Out Legislative Baseball Cards

ANNAPOLIS – Trade you two John Cades for a Cas Taylor?

The Maryland State Teachers Association thinks it has found a novel way to publicize its legislative agenda — and get General Assembly members to fraternize at the same time

Owners Ask To Exempt Excursion Train from Local Taxes

ANNAPOLIS – Facing more than $300,000 in admissions and amusement taxes, the owner of a Carroll County excursion train told lawmakers Friday that the train should be exempted

Local Debate over Wicomico Road Finds Its Way to Statehouse

ANNAPOLIS – A stretch of highway in Wicomico County that has stirred local controversy for two years is now in the hands of state legislators

Doctors Default,490

WASHINGTON – Seventy-eight Maryland health professionals have defaulted on their secondary school loans, costing the federal government $3

Editors: Hold for release for Sunday, March 19, and after.

WASHINGTON – On a typical afternoon, the insect zoo at the National Museum of Natural History is full of sound and light