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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland public schools won $250 million from President Obama’s Race to the Top education initiative in 2010, but are now faced with the challenge of preparing teachers and students for a new science-oriented curriculum

WASHINGTON – Only 29 percent of Maryland’s public school eighth-graders and 33 percent of fourth-graders are considered proficient or advanced in science, according to a report released Tuesday by the U

ANNAPOLIS – More than 20 legislators and dozens of advocates announced the filing of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act Tuesday in what many believe is the best political climate ever for getting Maryland to join five other states and the District of Columbia in allowing same-sex marriage

ANNAPOLIS – State Sen

WASHINGTON — President Obama invoked the space race with the Soviet Union to challenge Congress to rise above partisanship and work with him to usher in a new age of American innovation in his State of the Union address Tuesday

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WASHINGTON – When Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in last year’s election, it appeared the Maryland congressional delegation may have lost power and influence

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawmakers thought the flurry of seven bills passed last year brought the state’s sex offender registry in line with federal standards, but they discovered differently this week and now face a tough choice: Enact legislation to register juvenile offenders for life, or risk losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants

WASHINGTON – Despite passage of the Patients’ Rights Repeal Act Wednesday, the Republican-backed bill overturning last year’s health care reforms has little chance of success in the Democrat-led Senate

ANNAPOLIS — Three Montgomery County residents, backed by the conservative Washington-based legal group Judicial Watch, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Montgomery College for allowing undocumented students to pay in-county tuition when attending the community college