Category: Government

Examiner
The Department of Defense continues to reject a federal order detailing how to clean up contamination at Fort Meade despite stern demands from U.S. senators Thursday for a speedy resolution.

“If it was operating in good faith, [the Defense Department] …

WBAL.com
A coalition of 10 northeastern states, including Maryland and Delaware, will take steps this week to check global warming.

The coalition, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, will conduct the nation’s first carbon auction, taking the same approach that curbed …

Baltimore Sun
Heading into the first debate of the fall campaign, John McCain used a speech in Baltimore today to accuse Barack Obama of a pattern of lax leadership.

McCain revived an explosive line of attack against his Democratic rival by …

Laura Vozzella
Washingtonian magazine’s annual “Best & Worst of Congress” survey is out, and the Maryland delegation gets plenty of ink. In good ways and bad.

Based on a survey of top Capitol Hill aides, Washingtonian ranked Barbara Mikulski the Senate’s …

WBAL.com
The City Board of Estimates voted to ban employees from using cell phones while driving for work.

City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Comptroller Joan Pratt voted against the ban saying it would be difficult to enforce. Mayor Dixon voted …

Laura Vozzella
John McCain and Joe Biden will be in town at the Baltimore Convention Center to address the annual conference of the National Guard Association of the U.S. McCain is to speak Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Biden appears Monday …

Maryland Moment
The University System of Maryland said today that former Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D) has apologized for news reports in which he suggested he was forced to back out of a political forum next month at …

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WBAL.com
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett is ridiculing part of the FBI’s explanation for the 2001 anthrax attacks.

And the Maryland Republican says he’s skeptical about the agency’s conclusion that biodefense researcher Bruce Ivins grew the …

Baltimore Sun
A Marine captain from Owings Mills was killed Tuesday while serving as a communications officer in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said yesterday.

Capt. Jesse Melton III, 29, was working with a team helping to train members of the Afghan National …

Baltimore Sun
The Maryland Aviation Administration will hold a public workshop today to discuss plans for improvements to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The workshop, at which officials will provide information to the public and solicit comments, will run from …