ANNAPOLIS – A controversial bill intended to encourage embryonic stem cell research in Maryland cleared two Senate committees Tuesday, setting the stage for a filibuster showdown in the Maryland General Assembly, possibly as soon as Friday

BALTIMORE – Sign language will soon become an alternative choice for Maryland high school students looking for foreign language credits

ANNAPOLIS – Standing in front of the Thurgood Marshall Memorial here on the last day of Black History Month, Maryland legislators on Tuesday proposed a General Assembly resolution urging the state to help fund a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr

ANNAPOLIS- In what could be another legislative rebuke to Gov

WASHINGTON – Comedy Central devotees may remember how lawyer, actor, economist and Silver Spring native Ben Stein protected his money on his game show, but Stein’s preservation efforts were not designed to bring laughs Tuesday morning

ANNAPOLIS – Top state transportation and homeland security officials sought to reassure Maryland lawmakers Friday that the proposed takeover of Baltimore port operations by a United Arab Emirates company would not compromise port security

WOODLAWN – Woodlawn High School senior Ziad Haddad is in a sophomore-level physics class, but it’s not because he was held back

FROSTBURG – When Martin Crump opens the door to the basement in Westmar Middle School, the room is barely lit and a loud humming sound almost drowns out what he says next:

“This is Big Bertha

ANNAPOLIS – The large number of new federal jobs expected in coming years to the Ft

WASHINGTON – Though those vying for the empty U