AmeriCorps Program May Get Reprieve

WASHINGTON – Before she moved to Maryland for a 10-month volunteer program, Audrey Massenburg watched as a construction crew tore up sections of her childhood home in New Orleans

Public Campaign Financing Bill Passes House

ANNAPOLIS – The drive for public financing of political campaigns in Maryland took a step forward Tuesday, when the House of Delegates passed a bill that would pay for General Assembly campaigns with public funds

Disaster Doctor Sets Up Office in Baltimore

BALTIMORE – Dr

Ehrlich: One Abused Child Is Too Many

ANNAPOLIS – The number of Maryland cases of child abuse and neglect falls below the national average, a federal study released Tuesday shows

No Voting Machine Company Brings Perfection

WASHINGTON – Installing new voting machines by the September elections may not solve the problems facing Maryland because no company, analysts and regulators say, is completely free of security problems or computer glitches

Assembly Steps Up Pressure on BGE, Ehrlich

ANNAPOLIS – As the drive to find a way to ease the coming electricity rate increases reaches its final days, the Maryland General Assembly rushed through two more measures Friday to ratchet up pressure on Baltimore Gas and Electric Co

Mostly-Intact Healthy Air Act Breezes Through General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – The Healthy Air Act breezed through the General Assembly Friday, leaving Governor Robert L

Assembly Rams Through Bill to Delay Takeover of City Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Acting with unusual speed, the Maryland General Assembly ignored Republican cries of short-sightedness and partisanship Friday and passed hastily drawn-up legislation that would delay the state’s takeover of 11 Baltimore City schools for one year

Senate Approves Changes to Md. Election Law

ANNAPOLIS – Senate Democrats approved a series of changes to Maryland’s election laws late Wednesday, despite objections from Republicans who predicted that such measures would increase election fraud