Possible Community College Costs Cut

ANNAPOLIS – Community colleges may be able to provide more financial aid to their neediest students as a result of a measure passed Wednesday by the Maryland Higher Education Commission

Duncan Joins Calls for Crime Statistics Audit

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County Executive Douglas M

Study Puts Cost of Secondhand Smoke at Almost $600 Million

ANNAPOLIS – The cost of secondhand smoke in Maryland amounted to nearly $600 million in visits to doctors and hospitals and costs associated with premature death in 2005, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University

Five War Protesters Arrested at Recruitment Center

SILVER SPRING – Five Montgomery County women were arrested Tuesday after they refused to move from the entrance to the Armed Forces Recruiting Center as part of a Valentine’s Day Iraq War protest

A Photo Gallery with Heart

ANNAPOLIS- The photographs all tell stories

Opponents of Blackwater Development Bring Fight to Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS – Opponents of a proposed 3,200-home development south of Cambridge near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge brought their fight to Annapolis Tuesday, asking the General Assembly to block all or part of a planned resort community they say will damage the fragile environment near the refuge

Dems, Environmentalists Say Bush Budget Neglects Bay

WASHINGTON- Maryland Democrats and environmental groups said President Bush’s 2007 budget proposal will hinder Chesapeake Bay restoration goals, even though the proposal includes a $4 million increase in Chesapeake Bay Program funding

Cardin Spends On Strategy, Mfume Spends In-State

WASHINGTON – As the Democratic primary race for Maryland’s open U