Maryland News

Legal problems could arise if Maryland tries to force a French rail company to pay reparations to Holocaust victims, rather than leaving negotiations to the U.S. government.

The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee passed a bipartisan bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana with an 8-3 vote on Friday.

The Maryland House of Delegates voted 89 to 46 on Friday to pass Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to raise the state's minimum wage.

Explore some of the state's most historic and well-preserved properties when the annual Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage returns for six weekends this spring from Saturday, April 26 through Saturday, May 31. A Maryland tradition for 77 years, the Pilgrimage offers the opportunity to explore some of Maryland's most fascinating and noteworthy ... (more)

The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to investigate Maryland's troubled health care exchange, a congressman said Monday.

Francisca Moreno, 14, a student at Shady Grove Middle School, presented an Operation Welcome Home pin to Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews, who chairs the Council's Public Safety Committee, on Feb. 26. Francisca, who holds the title of 'Miss Maryland's Outstanding Teen,' has been joining volunteers who participate in Operation Welcome ... (more)

Holocaust survivor Leo Bretholz was among those who seek reparations from a train firm likely to win bid on Metro's Purple Line in Pikesville.

The Baltimore Sun : Republicans Continue Push To Scrap Health Exchange Website Republicans in Annapolis continue their push to get more information about what went wrong with the state's troubled health exchange website, and to scrap the site entirely.

A federal inspector general is launching a review into what went wrong with Maryland's health insurance exchange, the first examination focused specifically on how millions of dollars in federal money was spent by the state, according to the lawmaker who requested the probe.

Susan Yum's son Jake Owen was five years old when a driver who was talking on the phone hit their car without ever hitting the brakes.

Game three was the rubber game of the series, after the Seminoles won 15 - 3 in the opener and Maryland bounced back to win the second game 5 - 1. Today's game featured a pair of sophomore right-handers: Maryland's Jared Price vs. Mike Compton .

When it comes to preserving land and creating public parks, few government programs have succeeded like Maryland's Program Open Space.

National Jewish organizations oppose a bill under consideration by Maryland legislators that would financially penalize any college involved in an academic boycott of another country.

WHEN AN academic group announced it would boycott Israel's higher-education institutions, the president of the University of Maryland, like dozens of his peers across the country, condemned the move.

In early March, with a bit of chill still in the air, many of Boordy's visitors Saturday headed upstairs to the second floor of the tasting area.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley vowed his state will raise the minimum wage this year and recounted a series of other liberal policy victories during an address Saturday to a convention of California Democrats.

WASHINGTON - A three-vehicle crash has resulted in two fatalities on Rt. 340, east of Mt.

By SARAH TINCHER Marylanders - lawmakers included - take their crabs very seriously, which prompted a legislative proposal that would let residents know when their "Maryland style" crabcakes aren't the real deal.

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Five Queen Anne's County watermen have been charged with illegally taking 51 bushels of oysters from a protected area near the mouth of the Wicomico River in Tangier Sound, Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials said.