WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has slapped a former Bethesda couple with more than $600,000 in back taxes, in a ruling that some tax attorneys fear could adversely affect many small business owners in Maryland

WASHINGTON – More Marylanders would benefit under President Bush’s tax plan than taxpayers in most other states, but that benefit amounts to less than $300, according to a coalition that opposes the plan

WASHINGTON – More than 680 Maryland police officers and teachers have purchased homes for half-price under a federal homeownership program that investigators now say is rife with fraud

WASHINGTON – Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley laid out $62

WASHINGTON – While their overall populations grew slightly or remained stable, the number of children continued to ebb in counties at the far reaches of the state

WASHINGTON – Maryland is becoming more diverse, with rising Latino and Asian populations, but census numbers reveal that some areas of the state still look more like checkerboards than melting pots

WASHINGTON – Less than 2 percent of Marylanders claimed a multiracial heritage in the census last year, the first time the government allowed people to identify themselves by more than one race

COLLEGE PARK – Maryland’s population ebbed further outward from its central cities over the last decade, as the outer suburbs registered the greatest growth rates in the state and Baltimore continued to bleed people, according to census numbers released Monday

WASHINGTON – Salisbury Zoo director James Rapp may not have any elephants, rhinos or tigers in his park, but he knows what’s good for them

WASHINGTON – Three Maryland representatives asked a House subcommittee for more than $137 million for transportation projects Wednesday at a hearing that launched the annual wrangling for limited federal transportation funds