ANNAPOLIS – A program that provides rehabilitative services for non-violent substance abuse offenders will take its first steps Wednesday toward expanding into six other counties

WASHINGTON – Montgomery County continued to lead Maryland in business development, but neighboring Howard County and sections of the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland experienced faster growth rates, the government reported

WASHINGTON – NAACP officials and black federal workers, calling the Interior Department racist and “the whitest of all federal agencies,” Tuesday demanded Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s resignation

SILVER SPRING – Two dozen historic buildings at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center are in such disrepair that the Pentagon is considering ripping down or selling off the structures

WASHINGTON – A Capitol Heights trash hauling company violated fair labor standards in efforts to stop truckers from unionizing, a federal appeals court ruled

WASHINGTON – Several times a day, air traffic controllers carry white plastic buckets full of thin pieces of plastic into Washington National Airport’s new state-of-the-art control tower

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously ruled Thursday that the clock starts ticking on a defendant’s request for a new sentence on his most recent sentencing date

ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly Compensation Commission Wednesday began meeting to decide whether to increase the salaries and benefits of Maryland lawmakers, work that is expected to take about six weeks

ANNAPOLIS – The Department of Natural Resources must come up with a new plan to determine the legal size limit of hardshell clams, a legislative review committee ruled Thursday

ANNAPOLIS – A strong economy and low interest rates are driving potential boat buyers to the loan market in unusually large numbers, said several marine financiers attending the sailboat and powerboat shows here this week