ANNAPOLIS – Saying that it discriminated against welfare recipients, members of two state agencies came out Wednesday against a bill proposing that lottery-winning welfare recipients use their prize money to pay off their tab
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Food Mart Not at Fault in Larva Found in Candy Bar, Court Says
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday upheld a ruling that a Glen Burnie convenience store was not responsible for moth larva found in a Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Almond Bar by an Odenton woman
Make Drug Offenders Punishable By Death
ANNAPOLIS – House Judiciary Committee members heard testimony Tuesday on two bills aimed at preventing crime – using the death penalty to deter drug murders and seizing cars to deter prostitution
Proposed Litter Law Gives Counties Some Teeth
ANNAPOLIS – You’d want to think twice before tossing a tissue onto the highway or sneaking out to dump a sofa into a streambed if a bill in the state Legislature becomes law
Educated Workers More Important Than Tax Cut, Rivlin Says
ANNAPOLIS – An educated work force is more likely to attract businesses to Maryland than a change in the personal income tax rate, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board told lawmakers Tuesday
Maryland Turf Growers Bask in Their Share of Super Bowl Glow
Maryland growers of Kentucky bluegrass and ryegrass are getting attention for shaping Super Bowl history
EDS: This is a write-thru of a story moved Jan. 24, with better explanations of the data and the trends throughout.
WASHINGTON – The FBI is seeking the capability after October 1998 to conduct electronic surveillance on as many as 890 telephone calls of Marylanders on any given day, an agency study says
Area H.S. Has 9 in Prestigious Westinghouse Semifinals
It must be something in Silver Spring’s water
School Nurses Poke and Probe a Student’s Life
ANNAPOLIS – Each day, Sandra Bell deals with bandages and ice packs, inhalers and tissues
Public Airs Concerns on Prison Sentencing
ANNAPOLIS – Making criminals serve their full sentences should be a priority in restructuring the state’s sentencing guidelines