Maryland News

The state Board of Estimates on Wednesday increased projected tax revenues for fiscal 2014 and 2015 by a combined $41.9 million, compared with the board's forecast from September.

Maryland Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Douglas F. Gansler is proposing a major expansion of apprenticeship programs in the state, with the aim of creating "a pipeline to middle-class jobs" open to students as young as 16 and in a broader array fields than exists now.

Looking to share the holiday spirit? Perhaps your perfect gift would give something that can help someone in need, or someone who is striving to share a dream.

"Garden in Lights" An outdoor walk-through light show featuring illuminated displays of superheroes, city and Christmas scenes, aliens and more.

Berlin police have arrested a New Jersey man after more than 500 cases of cigarettes were found in a car during a traffic stop.

Dan Thomas was able to enroll in Maryland's health exchange. His plan will cost $900 - less than the $1,500 he was spending on a similar plan before.

The 2014 Blue Ribbon schools are Frost Elementary School in Allegany County, Linthicum Elementary School in Anne Arundel County, Western School of Technology and Environmental Science in Baltimore County, Northern Garrett High School in Garrett County and Robert Goddard French Immersion Elementary-Middle School in Prince George's County.

It's been an interesting morning for folks as they try to keep their footing. One expert says it's been a busy few days at emergency rooms in our area.

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Here's a fun project for the kids: The two cute lion cubs at The Maryland Zoo are in need of names, and the zoo wants the public's input.

Many drivers across the Washington, D.C. Metro area have felt the financial bite of speed cameras.

Harford County hospital care that began as the brainchild of Havre de Grace residents in 1910, officially passed out of local control this week as Upper Chesapeake Health officially merged with the University of Maryland Medical Systems, ending a four-year process that culminated in a name change to "University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health."

Maryland's gun laws are the fourth most stringent in the country, according to a national gun control advocacy group, the result of new legislation requiring a handgun license and fingerprinting that supporters said will help keep firearms out of the wrong hands.

The Maryland Transit Administration said Tuesday that afternoon trains are running on abbreviated "S" schedules on the MARC's Camden Line between Washington and Baltimore, and the Penn Line between Washington and Perryville.

Gov. Martin O'Malley announced late Tuesday that Maryland's director of public safety and corrections is leaving the state post he has held for seven years for a job in the private sector.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown on Tuesday addresses problems plaguing the Maryland health exchange.

I've got an op-ed in today's Baltimore Sun urging lawmakers in Annapolis to keep an open mind on the growing movement to end the war on cannabis.

Snowy owls, which normally live in the Arctic have been showing up in Maryland and other mid-Atlantic states in record numbers over the last week, much to the delight of photographers and birders who are willing to travel immense distances just to get a once-in-a-lifetime peak at a bird that's only rarely seen in this part of the world.

On December 2, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest state court, ruled that petition sheets are not invalid just because the circulator's affidavit contains a minor error.

Maryland joined seven other states in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast in petitioning the federal government Monday to require nine upwind states to cut down air pollution emissions.