University of Maryland Students Enjoy Their First Snow Day of the School Year With a Snowball Fight

It was every (snow)man and woman for themselves as students at the University of Maryland celebrated their first snow day with a giant snowball fight.

Local Hardware Store Owner Creates A New Way to “Flush” Away the Snow

Local hardware store owner David Goldberg is on a special “potty patrol” thanks to his own unique invention.

Hatchery, DNR Officials Begin Releasing Fish in Maryland Waters

The Department of Natural Resources and the Albert Powell Fish Hatchery team up to stock nearly 300 locations with trout across the state of Maryland.

Baltimore Native & NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman Gives Kids a Tour of Outer Space

Native Baltimorean and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman returned to earth in November after six months aboard the international space station. He told the kids and visitors at the Maryland Science Center that he hopes they follow in his footsteps by obtaining a strong science background.

Gov. Larry Hogan Proposes Bill to Eliminate Veteran Income Tax

Gov. Larry Hogan announced a new bill that could eliminate income taxes for Maryland’s retired military veterans.

Enrollment in Afterschool Programs Up Nationally; Maryland Lags

Maryland lags behind the 2014 national averages for children enrolled in afterschool programs, according to a survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance.

‘Death with Dignity’ Bill Would Allow Terminally Ill Patients in Maryland to End Their Lives

Companion House and Senate bills were introduced this week

Bill Would Ban Electronic Cigarettes Indoors in Public

Smoking electronic cigarettes would be banned indoors in public places as part of Maryland’s Clean Indoor Air Act under a bill Delegate Aruna Miller, D-Montgomery, presented Wednesday at a hearing of the House Economic Matters Committee.

Graphic: Hogan vs. O’Malley on State of State Priorities

During Gov. Larry Hogan’s first State of the State speech this week, he spent way more time talking about the state budget and taxes than his predecessor Gov. Martin O’Malley.

Maryland State Budget ‘Balanced on the Backs of Our Students’

State legislators and education heavy-hitters gathered at the Maryland State Education Association headquarters in Annapolis Tuesday, rallying for the reversal of Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposed $144 million cuts to public education funding.