High-Schoolers Lobby Senators for In-line Skating Helmet Law

ANNAPOLIS – High school students on in-line skates glided around the Statehouse Tuesday lobbying senators to amend the current bicycle helmet law to include such skates

Glendening Plans Investment of State Surplus in Education

ANNAPOLIS – With a prosperous national economy and a huge state budget surplus, Gov

High Court Rejects Homebuilders’ Bid to Recoup $6.8 Million in State Taxes

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from an area homebuilder that wanted a refund of $6

High Court Rejects Challenge of Good Friday Holiday for Public Schools

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a former Montgomery County schoolteacher’s challenge of a state law that mandates a public school holiday from the Friday before Easter to the Monday following

Stern Proposes Bill to Toughen Penalties for Animal Abuse

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to make animal abuse a felony was introduced by Delegate Joan Stern, D-Montgomery, to heighten awareness about the link between animal abuse and potential violent criminals

House GOP Says Dump Bay Dumping Plan

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House Republican Caucus Friday opposed open-bay dumping in the Chesapeake by backing two bills to prohibit the practice and demand alternatives from the Baltimore Port Authority

Glendening Poses Plan for Digital Dominance

ANNAPOLIS – Three of the state’s top elected leaders Friday detailed plans to make Maryland the nation’s pinnacle of electronic commerce, and from motor vehicle registration lines to business startups, Marylanders could be in for a big change

Home Confinement Bill Speeds Through Senate Committee

ANNAPOLIS – A bill expanding authority to sentence criminals to home confinement was rushed through a state Senate committee Thursday over the objections of a committee member and the public defender’s office

All But a Few Maryland Towns Officially Mark King Holiday

WASHINGTON – The 38 employees of Delmar will get Martin Luther King Day off this year, the first time the holiday will be observed in the small town that straddles the Maryland-Delaware line

Hubbard rolling the stones

ANNAPOLIS – If Delegate James Hubbard, D-Prince George’s, gets his way, a stone will join the Baltimore oriole and the black-eyed Susan as a symbol of The Free State