WASHINGTON – Just as Category 4- and Category-5 hurricane warnings help citizens prepare for catastrophic storms, a new set of guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday includes a five-level “pandemic severity index” based on projected fatalities to help states understand when to take drastic measures
Tougher Penalties Sought for Giving Alcohol to Underaged Drinkers
ANNAPOLIS – In an effort to curb what they said was an increase in underage drinking and driving, educators, parents, attorneys and alcohol distributors asked lawmakers Thursday to pass legislation that would suspend the driver’s license of anyone who provides a minor with alcohol
Baltimore Teen Tells Senate CHIP Program Eases His Life
WASHINGTON – Job Bedford, 13, didn’t realize his dish at the Chinese buffet had shrimp in it, but when his shellfish allergy triggered an asthma attack moments later, his lungs contracted so tight he asked his mother if he was going to die
Study Says Energy Regulations Won’t Pinch Pocketbooks
ANNAPOLIS – Forcing power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions will not make consumers – or in most cases the power plants themselves – feel a pinch in their pocketbooks, according to a study released Thursday
Democrats Renew Push for Early Voting
ANNAPOLIS – Senior legislative leaders began a push Thursday for a renewal of the early voting law that touched off a partisan fight in the General Assembly last year and was later struck down by the courts
Poll: Bush Sinks to New Low in Md. Popularity
WASHINGTON – One in four registered Maryland voters approves of the job Bush is doing, his lowest approval rating in the state, and fewer than one in five support his handling of the Iraq war, according to a survey released Wednesday by a Maryland polling firm
O’Malley Promises ‘End of Drift’ in State of State Speech
ANNAPOLIS – Promising Marylanders “I will not squander the year ahead,” Gov
Cardin Joins Senate Effort to Curb Voter Deception
WASHINGTON – Misleading election fliers used by Republicans in his own U
Test Scores Up, Study Says, But Link to Increased Funding Unclear
BALTIMORE – Consultants hired by the state school board have found that the performance of Maryland’s elementary and middle school students has improved, but they stopped short of crediting the improvement to more than $1 billion in increased funding, some of which has come as a result of a state education reform law
Poe Birthday,935
BALTIMORE – Edgar Allen Poe’s 198th birthday celebration looked more a like a funeral than a party – with a casket, fans dressed in black, and a graveyard conveniently located right outside the door