Maryland Government News

The U.S. Department of Education audited the way the state spent its stimulus money,and it found Baltimore City Schools spent $4,352 on a pair of dinner cruises for parents school volunteers and staff, plus $1,575 for catering for school events, and $1,336 for theater tickets.

Fewer Maryland motorists are expected to travel this year, but Memorial Day weekend 2013 will still be one of the busiest of the past 12 years, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic . "It appears changing current economic conditions as a result of sequestration, which has impacted the wallets of many, may be influencing some residents' uneasiness to travel ... (more)

The state's median income for a family of four comes out to $105,348, according to numbers recently released from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Memorial Day is Monday, May 27, and if you were hoping to run some errands, good luck.

In a recent newsletter to her constituents, Carroll County Delegate Susan Krebs, R-District 9B, offered a link to the " 90 Day Report ," a summary of the legislation from the 2013 session of the Maryland General Assembly.

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A new ad campaign called "Maryland Stood Up" began airing yesterday in support of the gun control measure singned into law last week.

Bethesda's Box Bar & Grille has had a rough year. A few months ago, the Hooters-style restaurant and bar was sold to George Farrell, who re-opened the space as Dry Fried Wings , a family-friendly eatery launched in January with a high-profile kickoff event featuring civil rights activists, Maryland Lt.

Virginia has been ranked the third-best state for starting a business, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Maryland's Court of Appeals ruled in January that the state must offer credits to taxpayers whose out-of-state income is subject to local piggyback taxes.

PostNL is the Dutch postal service. By law, the company may charge $0.60 for carrying a letter from Breda to Borger.

The board of directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation approved the Commission's recommendation to fund 31 new proposals with the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund's FY2013 budget.

The Obama administration's quickening push to implement health care reform is likely to create success stories and debacles that differ across states, a panel of experts said Monday.

Fewer Marylanders than last year will take to the roads, skies and seas for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base.

Fewer Marylanders than last year will take to the roads, skies and seas for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

New state-wide outreach programs have helped more than 15 child victims of human trafficking in the past five months alone, according to the governor's office.

"Licensing hand gun purchasers is a smart way for states to save lives from gun violence and under the leadership of Governor O'Malley and the general assembly we have it now in Maryland." He worked on Issue 3 back in the late 80's to ban so called Saturday Night Specials, and his group was very active with the latest gun control efforts.

Eight Western Maryland Student Historians Receive Special Awards at the 2013 Maryland History Competition 5/12/2013 Eight Western Maryland Student Historians Receive Special Awards at the 2013 Maryland History Competition About 550 talented middle and high students, along with their proud parents and teachers, converged on the campus of the ... (more)

By Nicole Macon, Capital News Service When Margie Weaver accepted a job in North Bethesda, she didn't think much about driving 42 miles from her home in Unionville to her workplace-until a trip she thought would take her about 45 minutes took up to two and a half hours in traffic on Interstate 270.