Maryland News

By Sarah Tincher, CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE With the Maryland gubernatorial election approaching at the end of the year, the seven major candidates are taking a stance on one of the state's hot-button issues: taxes.

By Melinda Carstensen and Elizabeth Janney The national arts-and-crafts chain Michaels has reported a security breach that affected 3 million payment cards at its stores.

A Lanham man pleaded guilty Friday, April 18, in Annapolis District Court to charges he caught 228 undersized striped bass during a fishing trip last summer.

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An economic analyst says changes made to Maryland's minimum wage increase bill will mean $875 a year less in a full-time worker's yearly earnings, compared to Gov. Martin O'Malley's original plan.

What you imagine can become a reality, at Columbia's newest tech venture. 3D Maryland , an initiative of the Howard County Economic Development Authority , officially opened this week, according to a statement from the county.

By Mike Denison, CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE Maryland government entities have suffered at least six cyberattacks since the beginning of 2013, according to incident reports from the Department of Information Technology.

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is warning residents not to consume or purchase certain batches of Korea Food Trading Ltd. rice porridge with abalone because it might contain botulism.

Significant demographic obstacles stand in the path of the state's achieving its goal of ensuring that 55 percent of its population has a two-year post-secondary degree or higher by 2025.

The Promenade in Havre de Grace is the ideal waterfront walk in Maryland. The combination of the spectacular views, the hometown charm, and the complete lack of commercialization make this walk the best of its kind in the state.

A Maryland teen accused of assisting a local woman with a terror plot was sentenced in Philadelphia Thursday.

It was business as usual at the Hebron Savings Bank in Vienna on Thursday. 24 hours earlier, it was a different story as Maryland State Police say three men wearing masks and armed with hand guns robbed the bank on Market Street.

All three Democratic candidates in the governor's race agree Maryland's economic policies need work, but they disagree sharply about how much.

A former Pasadena man who allegedly killed five family members in March 1976 and eluded capture for 38 years may be hiding in Southern California, the FBI said in a news release Thursday.

The brutal winter sent utility bills skyrocketing, leaving some utility customers scrambling to pay their bills to avoid having service shut off.

"I am ecstatic to be back," Kuchta said. "Everywhere else is crazy. The crime and the number of people in Sparks and Hunt Valley - sheds and things were broken into.

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For many years, special interests - particularly the development industry - have played an inordinate role in financing the campaigns of county executive and county council candidates throughout Maryland.

The medium-security Maryland Correctional Training Center near Hagerstown is becoming the fourth state prison where inmates who served in the military help train service dogs for disabled veterans.

CAMBRIDGE , Md.- The Maryland State Fire Marshal is investigating what sparked a home fire in Cambridge.