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WASHINGTON – The Indian Head naval facility in Charles County has been recommended to be added to the nation’s burgeoning list of environmental cleanup sites, but a Navy spokeswoman said it poses no danger to the public

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WASHINGTON – If states want to control their own food stamp programs, 49 of them would have to change the way they distribute benefits, under a bill moving through Congress

Lawmakers Go After Deadbeat Parents

ANNAPOLIS – From the poorest to the richest, parents who fail to pay child support are the target of a host of bills in the Maryland General Assembly this year

Sponsors of Gift Ban Have Accepted Lobbyists’ Largesse

ANNAPOLIS – When GOP lawmakers unveiled their “Republican Contract With Maryland” last October, they vowed to ban all gifts from lobbyists

Federal Workers Rally for Fair Pay, Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON – Nearly 250 federal workers rallied and chanted outside the Capitol Tuesday to oppose threatened cutbacks to federal employee pay and retirement benefits

P.G. Lawmakers Reassure Residents about School Funding

ANNAPOLIS – Prince George’s County parents and school board members told state lawmakers Monday that County Executive Wayne Curry’s proposed school cuts would be devastating to public education in the county

Editors: Please hold for release for Sunday, March 5, and after.

WASHINGTON – For 17 years, Shirley Warnick worked at a syrup plant in rural Garrett County

Freshman Lawmaker Says He’ll Spend Session Listening

ANNAPOLIS – In 1975, a 4th grade teacher at Ritchie Elementary in Capitol Heights required her pupils to study current events

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ANNAPOLIS – How would casino gambling affect Maryland?

With only their zeal in common, lobbyists, industry magnates and clergy packed a House Joint Hearing Friday to tackle that question