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WASHINGTON – Minority small business owner John Huggins felt both relieved and victorious as he walked out of the small room at the Washington Convention Center, after 30 minutes spent pitching his Oxon Hill company to venture capitalists

WASHINGTON – The recent high-profile manslaughter trial of a midshipman who crashed on the Capital Beltway, killing a New York couple, focused attention on the problem of people using cellular phones behind the wheel

WASHINGTON – An aggressive federal campaign to get gun-toting felons off the streets has convicted a disproportionate number of Maryland blacks, according to Justice Department statistics

ANNAPOLIS – A federal mandate to lower the drunken-driving limit to a blood-alcohol level of

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are looking anew at proposals to outlaw the use of hand-held phones behind the wheel, after a recent headline-grabbing manslaughter trial in a car crash that involved a cell phone

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators are expected to reopen the abortion debate during the coming General Assembly session, particularly focusing on the recent approval of the abortion drug mifepristone

WASHINGTON – Maryland congressional incumbents have more than $2

ANNAPOLIS – A blizzard of education issues will hit the Maryland General Assembly when it convenes in mid-January, with school construction, class-size reduction, higher education and all-day kindergarten programs competing for funding

WASHINGTON – Candidates in Maryland’s 8th District congressional race spent more than $3 million on the campaign, making it the most expensive House race in state history, political observers say

WASHINGTON – Expanding a federal health care program to cover low-income parents, not just their children, will be among the top issues for state legislatures nationwide next year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures