WASHINGTON – In the time it takes David Caruso’s character to remove his sunglasses on an episode of CBS’s “CSI: Miami,” a computer database has found a gang member just by knowing his nickname

ANNAPOLIS – Even before listening to hours of testimony for and against a proposed statewide ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, a Senate committee appeared to have already made a decision to move the legislation forward

WASHINGTON – It started with a headache that wouldn’t go away, but it wasn’t until the third doctor’s visit that Matthew Grossman learned that a germ cell tumor was growing in his brain

WASHINGTON – Maryland Democratic Sen

ANNAPOLIS – Frustrated by a surge in electricity rates that a deregulation law was expected to prevent, a Maryland lawmaker is proposing a bill that would allow counties to purchase electricity wholesale and resell it to their residents at rates lower than the local utility charges

ANNAPOLIS – Capital punishment opponents were dealt a major setback in the General Assembly Thursday when a proposal to abolish the death penalty in Maryland failed to win the approval of a key Senate committee

WASHINGTON – State spending for pre-kindergarten education decreased in Maryland over the past two school years, making it one of the poorest states in providing resources to preschool children in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Institute for Early Education Research

ANNAPOLIS – Forestry is in Kirk Rodgers’ blood

WASHINGTON – Last fall, Army Sgt

ANNAPOLIS – Rejecting Republican demands for more fiscal restraint, the Maryland House of Delegates on Wednesday trimmed $120 million from Gov