Tim Craig

The House of Delegates all but finished work on its budget yesterday after debating several issues tied to the $22.6 billion spending plan -- including taxes, abortion, ballistics-fingerprinting and public...

One of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s top legislative priorities appeared to be in trouble yesterday after the Senate passed a charter schools bill that the administration calls unacceptable. "This...

Uncomfortable with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s suggestions that he might raise corporate income taxes, Republican leaders offered an alternative yesterday that they say will generate almost as much money....

The state could break ground in five years on a new rail or rapid transit line in Baltimore under a transportation plan sent to Congress yesterday -- a plan that...

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. appeared to soften his no-new-taxes pledge yesterday when he told legislative leaders that he would consider higher business and property taxes to balance the budget....

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. faces the biggest test so far of his influence with the legislature when the Senate likely decides today if Lynn Y. Buhl will be confirmed...

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s embattled nominee to head the Department of the Environment vowed yesterday to take her case to the full Senate - and the public - as...

In a stinging rebuke to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., the Senate Executive Nominations Committee voted last night to reject his choice for environmental secretary, Lynn Y. Buhl. The decision...

The state's leading environmental organizations announced yesterday that they will try to block Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s nominee to head the Department of the Environment, saying she lacks the...

Proponents of legalizing marijuana for terminally ill patients believe they have the momentum this year to pass a General Assembly bill creating a state-run program to oversee use of the...