Stephanie Desmon

The Maryland Senate moved one step closer yesterday to allowing automated radar cameras to snare drivers speeding through residential neighborhoods and school zones, brushing back several attempts to weaken the...

A Senate committee killed legislation yesterday to allow women to get the so-called morning-after pill from pharmacists without having to see a doctor, one day after the measure won approval...

A bill that some say would reduce the number of abortions - and that opponents argue would encourage greater promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases among young women - narrowly passed...

A measure that would lessen the penalty for sick people found with marijuana if they can prove they possessed it for medical reasons eked out a key Senate committee victory...

To avoid leaving Maryland without a way to license and discipline doctors should key legislation fail, two lawmakers introduced bills yesterday that would transfer those powers to a state agency...

Lawmakers who want to reform the way doctors are disciplined in Maryland are locked in a bitter battle with the powerful medical lobby. They say few Maryland doctors are disciplined...

Karen Logan tried to have her 23-year-old son committed to a psychiatric hospital in August. Though she thought James was exhibiting signs of paranoid schizophrenia, he didn't think he needed...