ANNAPOLIS – Spurred by complaints from residents who lack access to a high-speed Internet connection, a Maryland legislator wants the state to take an inventory of where the service is available as a first step toward determining whether poor and rural areas are underserved

BETHESDA – The aerosol of powdered anthrax released by the unmarked white van goes unnoticed by the 18,000 tourists crowding the Tidal Basin during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, but within five days, reports of deaths by anthrax begin to surface

WASHINGTON – Maryland Sen

ANNAPOLIS – Despite support from Gov

BALTIMORE – Last year, Noah Schechter auditioned for a role in the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival’s teen production of “Hamlet

ROCKVILLE – When Joan Fox, 84, went on her first date in 1938, she and her beau, a boy who sang in choir with her, went to the movies with her brother because it just wasn’t proper for a young girl to be out at night alone with a boy

ANNAPOLIS – After hours of debate, the Maryland Senate moved a step closer Friday to passing a bill that would make it easier to for prosecutors to present evidence of prior accusations of sexual abuse of a minor into trials of suspected sex offenders

ANNAPOLIS – Comparing his effort to acts of civil disobedience during the Civil Rights era, a Maryland senator is proposing legislation that would defy federal law by allowing the state to set up a program to import less expensive prescription drugs from Canada

ANNAPOLIS – Special interest groups have too much influence on political campaigns – at least that’s the word from those who spoke Thursday in favor of a bill that would establish a public financing system for General Assembly candidates

WASHINGTON – A former Baltimore County resident and graduate of Dulaney High School, Chief Warrant Officer John A