Feds Refuse OK Wilson Bridge Contract, State `Concerned,’ Unsure of Next Move

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration Friday refused to approve Maryland’s use of a project labor agreement on a contract for Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, the latest thrust in a battle that has already delayed bids on the project by two months

Enactment of Rights Law Delights Maryland Gay Community

ANNAPOLIS – The enactment of Maryland’s 2001 Anti-discrimination Act means David Pool no longer has to fear losing his job

States Ask for Billions for Bioterror Fight; Maryland Already Out $2 Million

WASHINGTON – Maryland Health Secretary Georges Benjamin said Friday that public health officials nationwide will need a minimum of $1

Calvert County Vet Offers to Give Up Arlington Burial Plot to Sept. 11 Hero

WASHINGTON – Calvert County veteran John Smith thinks American Airlines pilot Charles Burlingame died like a hero and that he deserves to be buried like a hero

Commission Recommends Raising Legislators’ Salaries

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland legislators should receive a 38 percent raise in their salaries over a four-year period starting in January 2003, the General Assembly Compensation Commission recommended Thursday

Pearl Harbor Vets Gather, Urge Nation to Remember a Long-Ago Day of Infamy

WASHINGTON – Rockville resident Henry Rapalus, 78, will be in Hawaii on Friday, 60 years to the day after he was a young sailor handling ammunition on a naval destroyer when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

‘Smart’ Teen Turns Bar Mitzvah Cash Into Sprawl-Study Scholarship

COLLEGE PARK – Ben Hyman is only 13, but he has a lot to teach local government officials about Smart Growth

Justices Grill Verizon, PSC Attorneys on Federal Jurisdiction in State Dispute

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices peppered lawyers from Verizon Maryland Inc

Panel Recommends Kindergarten Age Take on New Meaning

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s kindergarten classes could get a little older in the coming years, according to a proposal approved by the State Board of Education yesterday