WASHINGTON – Clean-up crews pulled a ’57 Chevy, 36 refrigerators and 2
Baltimore Teens Win Business Plan Contest
BALTIMORE – Their proposal for an inner-city youth community center may have won first prize, but Elizabeth Cerezo and her teammates from Northwestern High School don’t want it to end there
Johns Hopkins Study Casts Doubt on Common Heart Failure Treatment
WASHINGTON – Nearly half of people with heart failure may be receiving the wrong treatment, a Johns Hopkins study has found, and researchers say the findings could turn accepted notions of heart failure upside-down
Full-Strength Healthy Air Act Moves Forward in Senate
ANNAPOLIS – After a contentious three hour debate that had lobbyists phoning legislators at their desks on the floor, the Maryland Senate on Thursday blocked efforts to weaken a major piece of environmental legislation aimed at cleaning up coal-fired power plants
Maryland’s Population Growth Lagging, But Boom Predicted
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s population grew more slowly than the nation as a whole and significantly slower than Virginia from 2004 to 2005, but that trend is expected to reverse in the next few years
Legislation to Slow BGE Rate Hike Gains Momentum
ANNAPOLIS – Action by the General Assembly to address consumer outrage over a projected 72 percent increase in electricity bills is gaining momentum, with the Senate’s top Democrat vowing Thursday to deal with the problem even if it takes a special legislative session
House Democrats Push Port Nuclear Screening Bill
WASHINGTON – House Democratic leaders Wednesday praised a new bill that would require all shipping containers coming into American ports to be screened for nuclear weapons before leaving their port of origin
Lawmakers Have Visions of Wal-Mart Battle
ANNAPOLIS – Conjuring up images of the fierce, partisan fight over the Wal-Mart bill that raged in the opening days of this year’s General Assembly session, a Prince George’s County lawmaker has introduced legislation that would require every business in the state to provide employee healthcare
Ehrlich: BGE Rate Increase “Will Not Stand”
ANNAPOLIS- Facing criticism for a sluggish response to the coming Baltimore Gas and Energy Co
Elections Company, Lawmakers Differ on Costs
WASHINGTON – The cost of bringing in new voting machines that issue paper-trails for upcoming Maryland elections is more than three times what lawmakers approved in the House of Delegates last week, according to an estimate by the company most likely to produce them