Maryland

Lacrosse Sticks, Jousters’ Lances Clash over Official Md. Sport

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s athletes will be roaming the halls of government Tuesday demanding that the Legislature decide which sports the state should recognize as its own:

* Jousting, which has held the honor exclusively since 1962

N.J. Governor Talks Advises Midshipmen on Moral Leadership

ANNAPOLIS – Touting her administration’s accomplishments in New Jersey, Gov

Norton Introduces Bill to Eliminate Tax Exemptions For Special Interests

WASHINGTON – Tax exemptions enjoyed by three dozen special- interest groups that have offices in the District would be eliminated under a bill introduced Thursday by D

Lawmakers Mystified by Digital Signature Bill

ANNAPOLIS – Del

Ecker Wants Tipton Airport Option if Liability Is Addressed

ANNAPOLIS – Howard County’s on again, off again relationship with Tipton Airport is on again – sort of

Lawyers Launch Second Appeal in Breach of Promise Case

ANNAPOLIS – Rejected earlier this month for pursuing what the Court of Special Appeals called a “breach of promise to marry” suit, lawyers for a Montgomery County woman spurned by her fiance have asked Maryland’s highest court to review their case

High School Assessment Tests Are A Go, But Md. PTA Says Stop

BALTIMORE – Calling it a work in progress, the Maryland State Board of Education Wednesday approved a design and tentative calendar for high school competency testing

Controversial VEIP Test Participation Lowest Where Air Is Worst

At the three-lane vehicle emissions inspection station in Calvert County last week, Dennis Noonan rounded a tree-lined corner and headed straight for the dynamometer test

Court Rules Parents Not Responsible for Adult Son’s Accident

ANNAPOLIS – Although they gave him the car, the parents of an adult son who swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed into another driver cannot be held accountable for the accident, the Maryland Court of Appeals said in a unanimous ruling Friday

College Students Graduate to Full-Time Positions on Campus

ANNAPOLIS – Anthony D’Antonio remembers what it was like to wait for an acceptance letter from Salisbury State University