ANNAPOLIS – A bill raising the standard of accountability for businesses that receive special state loans or grants in exchange for bringing Maryland jobs and capital investment passed a hurdle in the General Assembly Friday

ANNAPOLIS – State welfare officials have abandoned all thought of imposing a five-year lifetime limit on benefits, and now say any such limit will have to come from Congress

COOKSVILLE, Md

ANNAPOLIS – After Joyce Lyons Terhes decided to run for office in heavily Democratic Calvert County 10 years ago, an attorney she knew told her that as a Republican and a woman she stood no chance

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Thursday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against several police agencies over the search of a Takoma Park home for stolen University of Maryland property

WASHINGTON – A College Park environmental group received an award Thursday for its efforts to keep the Anacostia River clean

ANNAPOLIS – Elizabeth Bellavance stayed seated for five hours Thursday to spend three minutes asking a House committee to support several bills to discourage children from smoking

COLLEGE PARK — With votes imminent on his gun-control legislation and the outcome still in doubt, Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Oyster spawning season is approaching, and with it comes the need to dredge and move old shells — part of a decades-old oyster repletion program

WASHINGTON – Gov