Md. Loses Bid To Do Away With Special Oversight
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Maryland's tidal fishery regulators lost a bid to have the state's controversial spring trophy rockfish season freed from special federal oversight yesterday. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission by a 7-6 vote rejected a proposal to end the system.
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Government officials called the immunity a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute the companyâs employees.
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An independent review of Houston's once-troubled crime lab concluded the city had eliminated many of the problems, but it recommended a special master be named to further review "major issues" in DNA and blood-analysis cases from the 1980s and '90s. City officials quickly rejected the recommendation.
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Md. democratic lawmakers to push measure, supported by governor, to oust superintendent.
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By Edward Fitzpatrick; Journal Staff Writer  The court rejects the appeal of a woman who was injured in a fall in a park, but wants the General Assembly to change wording in the Recreational Use Statute.
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By Phillip McGowan and Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 18--County cracks down on illegal building   Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold will submit legislation Tuesday that would impose fines of $500 a day on those who live in homes built without permits.
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It's not enough to pay a fine for breaking securities laws in Massachusetts. State officials want a public admission of guilt, too.
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Doctors and lawyers who represent victims aren&#39;t going to declare peace just because voters put a few things in the state&#39;s constitution.
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A judge Friday granted a state Republican Party request to block the counting of hundreds of recently discovered King County ballots in Washington's extremely close governor's race.
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When Maryland's six seniors are honored before Saturday's regular season finale against N.C. State, they will know there is no chance they will return to Comcast Center for the NIT.
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Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Joseph Manck has rejected a challenge to Maryland's electronic voting system.
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Maryland senate president called for a special session to halt major increases in doctors' insurance rates.
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A cardiologist has resigned his staff privileges at an Eastern Shore hospital as officials continue to investigate whether he performed unnecessary stent procedures, officials said Wednesday. Dr. John R. McLean resigned his privileges at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. last Friday, citing visual impairment as a disability, hospital officials said.
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A Montgomery County judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law -- one of the first attempts to control junk e-mail advertising -- is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders.
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A House of Representatives panel on Thursday rejected along party lines a Democratic bid to force the Bush administration to turn over records about the estimated cost of last year&#39;s Medicare drug bill.
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WASHINGTON Â The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling that says the FBI was wrong to raid Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's office, a decision the Bush administration argues will hinder corruption investigations of Congress.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Fake bull testicles and other anatomically explicit vehicle decorations would be banned from Maryland roads under a bill pending in the state legislature. The measure was filed in the General Assembly Monday by Delegate LeRoy E.