Bill Would Make It Easier To Charge Pot Smugglers withFelonies

ANNAPOLIS – Calling marijuana the “drug of choice” fortoday’s youth, police urged the Senate Judicial ProceedingsCommittee to lower the amount necessary for a felony possessioncharge from 100 to 10 pounds

Bay License Plates and Income Tax Check-offs Fund Bay Projects

ANNAPOLIS – Students from Broadneck Senior High School spenta week last summer camping at Wye Island, where their days werepacked with activities, from planting marsh grasses to buildingbird boxes

Purdue Spokesman Conceptually Supports USDA Inspection Plan

WASHINGTON – A spokesman for Purdue Farms Inc

Increased Speed Limit Bill Draws Support, Opposition

ANNAPOLIS – Opponents of a bill to raise the speed limit said Tuesday that higher speeds would result in more accidents, pollution and higher insurance rates

Bill Would Require Candidates’ O.K. for Name Use

ANNAPOLIS – Political action committees should be barred from using a candidate’s name without that candidate’s consent, lawmakers told a House committee Tuesday

CNS,Child Support,495

ANNAPOLIS – If a family can afford it, should the state be able to collect fees for tracking down unpaid child support? Officials of Maryland’s Child Support Enforcement Administration say yes, while activists – and some lawmakers – say no

Base Relocation to Maryland Fought by Virginia Congressmen

WASHINGTON – The Navy awarded a $64 million construction contract this week to relocate an air command from Northern Virginia to Southern Maryland

Modest Midshipman Strives, Achieves

ANNAPOLIS – When you hear about the accomplishments of Ellicott City’s Amy Morrison, it usually isn’t from her

HUD Reinvention Could Cut Tenant Aid

WASHINGTON – Devon Wilford has lived at the Latrobe Homes, a low-rise housing development in East Baltimore, since 1968