Health Care Bill Would Cut Uninsured by One-Third

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday proposed legislation they say would reduce the number of residents without health insurance by one-third and would provide access to health care to every child in the state

W. Md. Seeks Its Place on Your Bumper

ANNAPOLIS – Do you pilot experimental aircrafts? Are you a bomb technician? Have bees been buzzing about your beekeeping hive? If you answered yes, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is happy to make you a commemorative license plate to call your own

Cardin Named Helsinki Co-Chairman

WASHINGTON – Freshman Sen

^Use of CT Scans for Early Detection Gains

ANNAPOLIS – Lorraine Burdette was not worried when the radiologist called her to his office to discuss results of her full body computed tomography scan, also known as CT scan

Wynn Presses for U.S. Department of Peace

WASHINGTON – On the heels of President Bush’s request to boost the defense budget by 7 percent, Rep

Teacher Accreditation,843

BALTIMORE – A little competition may soon be coming to the obscure and complicated process of accrediting Maryland’s teacher training colleges

Senate Republicans Thwarted in Try for More Influence

ANNAPOLIS – In a series of party-line votes, Democrats in the state Senate on Tuesday squashed attempts by Republicans to adjust procedural rules that would have given the GOP’s diminished minority more of a chance to influence legislation

Maryland High-Schoolers Rank Near Top in AP Performance

WASHINGTON – Maryland boasts the second-highest percentage of 2006 graduating seniors scoring 3 or higher on an advanced placement test, and contains the school with best performance among black students on key science tests, according to a College Board report released Tuesday

^Prince George’s Shows Shoppers How to Buy Healthier

MARLOW HEIGHTS – Yvette Eisbey, 39, wants to be a “foxy mama

Need to Address Global Warming Gains Momentum in Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators of both parties may not agree on the “political jargon,” as one delegate put it, surrounding climate change