Maryland News

Gov. Martin O'Malley said he's evaluating budget cuts proposed by his cabinet secretaries and working on a budget plan with those cuts -- expected to be about $300 million -- to present to the Board of Public Works on July 22.

This is offensive on so many levels. From the Examiner : The [Maryland Court of Special Appeals] recently upheld earlier decisions that required a Montgomery County family to pay $138,518.53 in state inheritance taxes on gifts a rich uncle started giving a year and half before he died of a heart attack.

BALTIMORE - Two men involved in the intricately planned murder of a witness to a Baltimore slaying have received lengthy terms in federal prison.

U.S. Marshals and police in the Mid-Atlantic region have arrested more than 600 fugitives wanted in slayings, shootings, armed carjackings and assaults.

MDGOP chair Jim Pelura seems to have hit a trifecta. Republican members of the Maryland legislature aren't too happy with him .

The Maryland legislature has passed bills toughening the state's drunk driving laws, including a one-year driver's license suspension and participation in the Ignition Interlock System Program .

A Maryland man who led state and local police on a high-speed chase through Saratoga County unexpectedly pleaded guilty to a felony charge on Tuesday.

The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services says the Baltimore teen charged in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl had cut off his electronic home monitoring ankle bracelet.

Maryland's U.S. attorney is hiring three prosecutors to focus on gang-related cases.

Share + Jul 3, 2009 5:35 pm US/Eastern Reporting Gigi Barnett 1 of 1 As Marylanders hit the road for the holiday weekend, there will be an increased police presence for this weekend's traffic.

By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic News Service BALTIMORE - As the state prepares a public review of newly drafted protocols for administering the death penalty, the leader of the Maryland Catholic Conference has vowed to speak out about how capital punishment is applied.

BALTIMORE - The former head of internal disciplinary proceedings with the Baltimore Police Department says the discipline system was broken, allowing officers to escape punishment for misdeeds.

"A year into a new effort to expand health coverage, recession-weary Marylanders are flocking to the state's Medicaid program in numbers far greater than expected, costing the state $50 million more in the process," The Baltimore Sun reports.

BALTIMORE - Baltimore police say a 5-year-old girl has been shot in the head after rival groups fought in southwest Baltimore.

Maryland health officials are warning residents to take precautions to deal with summer heat following two heat-related deaths.

BALTIMORE - A federal judge has sentenced two men to several life sentences for killing a federal witness and others.

A U.S. District judge has sentenced a Rockville man to more than three years in prison for conspiring to transport at least 100 women to Maryland to have them work as prostitutes.

Howard County police say a 23-month-old girl died of heatstroke after one of her parents unintentionally left her strapped in her car seat in front of the family's Ellicott City home.

The Frederick County Commissioners have revived plans for a giant trash incinerator that would also generate electricity at a site just south of Frederick.

At a convention last week in Indianapolis , NOW elected Maryland's Terry O'Neill - white, a lawyer, a divorced mother and 56 years old - as its new president.