Maryland News

Almost half of the patients flown by helicopter to Maryland trauma centers are released within 24 hours, making some lawmakers wonder whether the state's vaunted Medevac system is overused.

Maryland state elected officials who have sexual relationships with employees under their supervision would be violating state ethics law, if a county commissioner gets his way.

The ethics law would not apply, however, if the official and the worker were married to each other.

Frederick County Commissioner John Thompson says the proposal is a response to a specific situation, but he won't name the people involved out of consideration for innocent third parties.

Thompson wants the issue included in the county's list of state legislative priorities. But several local lawmakers say they would oppose Thompson's proposal.

The Maryland Transit Administration says some Washington-bound MARC trains were disrupted during the morning commute after a person was found unconscious near a set of train tracks.

Black lawmakers and civil rights activists are criticizing Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration of failing to implement compromises in a law that expands when police can collect DNA samples from crime ...

Maryland officials are investigating a fish kill in an enclosed cove off South River, near Annapolis.

Former Maryland state lawmaker Robert McKee , 59, has been charged by the U.S. attorney's office with one count of possessing child pornography.

ANNAPOLIS - The Democrat running for Congress in Maryland's First District is expected today to receive the endorsement of the Republican incumbent he is hoping to replace.

An attorney says his 19-year-old client feels "just awful" and is "devastated" about the accident on the Bay Bridge that killed a tractor trailer driver Aug.

Maryland has the nation's highest median household income. According to newly released census figures, the average Maryland household brought in $68,080 last year.

The Maryland Transportation Authority has completed repairs to strengthen the parapet on the right side of the eastbound span of the Bay Bridge and has reopened the right lane to traffic.

WASHINGTON - Drunken driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, but the government says the number of alcohol-related fatalities among motorcycle riders climbed in half the states last year.

Maryland was one of 32 states to post decreases last year in the number of driving fatalities caused by drunken drivers, according to a report released today by the federal government.

Officials with the Maryland Department of the Environment say it will take days to clean up about 5,000 gallons of olive oil in the Baltimore harbor.

Just days before a busy holiday weekend, Maryland Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari ordered the immediate closing Tuesday of one lane of the eastbound Bay Bridge amid concerns about the safety of the ...

The governor's office says a medical strike team will leave Maryland for Louisiana to help Gulf Coast states deal with Hurricane Gustav.

Maryland transportation officials will beef up commuter bus service from Kent Island to Annapolis and Washington next week to help relieve congestion on the Bay Bridge as it undergoes an estimated 10 weeks of ...

The Frederick County grand jury has decided against indicting a fired YMCA caregiver accused of abusing a 2-year-old boy, meaning she will not be prosecuted.

Maryland must curb its greenhouse gas emissions soon, or it will face considerable environmental damage, putting the health of its residents and shoreline at risk, a report released Wednesday said.

An Eastern Shore lawmaker is asking state officials to commission an independent safety examination of the Bay Bridge.

AAA Mid-Atlantic is predicting only a slight decrease from last year in the number of Maryland residents traveling for the Labor Day weekend.