ANNAPOLIS – Ignoring warnings that what it proposes is “a near impossibility,” the House of Delegates voted unanimously Thursday to abandon the state’s current touch-screen voting machines in favor of ones that produce a verifiable paper trail in time for the fall elections

WASHINGTON – Harriet Tubman founded the Underground Railroad, brought hundreds of slaves to freedom and avoided a $40,000 bounty placed on her head by angry plantation owners

ANNAPOLIS- For the third straight year following the lapse of a federal assault weapons ban, Maryland legislators are once again are faced with deciding whether to make it illegal to own, buy or sell specific types of semiautomatic rifles and shotguns

WASHINGTON – The “eyes and ears” of the road will get an early heads up on any child abduction under a new initiative that will alert nearby truck drivers to the possible crime

ANNAPOLIS – Eighth-grade students from St

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate narrowly ended a filibuster battle over stem cell research Wednesday, after hours of back-room negotiations produced a compromise that allowed both sides to claim victory

WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would free up $1 billion in federal home energy assistance to defray this winter’s heating costs

WASHINGTON – Federal lawmakers’ reluctance to adopt new ocean policy “simply has to change” through increased awareness and collaboration, Maryland Rep

LARGO – Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley said Wednesday that if he is elected governor he will consolidate state homeland security agencies in one Prince George’s County office as a first step in curing what he calls lack of “leadership and vision” in the department

WASHINGTON – As the Maryland House nears a decision on requiring the state’s voting machines to issue paper ballot records, organizations representing disabled voters apparently disagree on what — if anything — should be done