Truant Students Could Lose Driver’s Licenses

ANNAPOLIS – Students between the ages of 15 and 17 who are consistently truant could have their driver’s licenses suspended under a bill before a Senate committee

Bills Propose Cost-Share Program To Get Rid of Phragmites Reed

ANNAPOLIS – If you have driven over the Kent Narrows Bridge, you have probably seen phragmites

Hopkins Prof Says Minority Health Needs Not Being Addressed

WASHINGTON – The health care needs of Hispanics, blacks and other minorities are not being addressed in the congressional budget debate, a Johns Hopkins University professor said during a recent conference

Murder Conviction Upheld in 1994 Landover Case

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday upheld the conviction of a Landover man in an April 10, 1994 murder there, rejecting his claim that he acted in self-defense

Drivers Who Flee Police May Face Stiffer Penalties

ANNAPOLIS – The well-publicized police chases of the past week resonated through the House of Delegates’ Judiciary Committee Tuesday as members examined a bill to substantially raise the penalty for motorists who attempt to elude police

Project Roadblock Pulls Plug on High-tech Scams

WASHINGTON – Maryland and 19 other states have joined with the Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on high-tech telemarketing scams that have been ripping off unwary investors, the director of the FTC’s consumer protection branch announced Tuesday

Nonprofits Ask State for Share of Economic Development Effort

ANNAPOLIS – Nonprofit organizations don’t want to be left out of state economic development plans

DeWine Tries to Stop Browns Move to Maryland

WASHINGTON – In the latest effort to keep the Browns in Cleveland, Republican Sen

Snapping Turtle Bill Allows Hook and Line Method of Catching

ANNAPOLIS – When Michael Weir was a boy in the 1930s, he used to drop lines into Baltimore County’s Back River — not for fish, but for snapping turtles