ANNAPOLIS – University officials assured lawmakers Thursday that there will be “no questions” about future contracting procedures like those that swirled around Coppin State College and former Sen
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Lawmaker Says `Tattered’ Teachers Don’t Make the Grade
ANNAPOLIS – Some teachers need to class up their acts, lawmakers and students told the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday
Panel Seeks Hefty Raise for Governor, Other Top Officials
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s governor already makes the third- highest salary in the nation, but a state commission said he is overdue for a raise that would make him the highest paid
Jailed Dad Can’t be Made to Pay Child Support, Court Rules
ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals on Wednesday ordered a new hearing for a father who was billed for five years of child support that accrued while he was in prison
Court Upholds Mandatory 25-Year Sentence for Career Burglar
ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland appeals court Wednesday upheld the mandatory 25-year jail term for a burglar who was sentenced just one day before lawmakers moved to relax the “three strikes, you’re out” law that put him behind bars
Lawmakers Aim to Make Harassment by E-Mail a Felony
ANNAPOLIS – For more than two decades it has been a crime in Maryland to harass someone over the telephone
Bill Targets `Social Promotion’ of Unprepared Students
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland schools need strict standards for passing students up a grade instead of using promotions “as a means of getting them out of the way,” a lawmaker argued Tuesday
Couple Fights Murderer for Custody of His Kids
ANNAPOLIS – Charles Hicks stabbed his wife, Nancy Klotz, 34 times while their 2-year-old son watched in their South Baltimore home in 1996