ICC path to follow southern route plan
The Inter-County Connector will be built along a southerly route that state and local officials have backed for decades, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. announced yesterday, a decision that minimizes...
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Oft-criticized youth facility to be closed
The state will close the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, the prison-like youth facility in Baltimore County where advocates, lawmakers and government inspectors have long complained of unsafe conditions and...
An exhibition of community
Supporters looking to cement the standing of Baltimore's African American Heritage Festival as one of the region's premier summer events got the ultimate validation yesterday from Gloria Bartholomew: It's a...
Panel is created to study Ehrlich personnel moves
Legislative leaders created a committee yesterday to examine Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices, saying they need to investigate allegations that the administration fired longtime bureaucrats solely because of...
State juvenile justice monitor to keep job
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. announced yesterday that he will keep intact an office that monitors conditions inside the state's troubled juvenile justice facilities, retaining a director who has earned...
Governor to announce plans for juvenile-justice monitor
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is set to announce today his plans for the Office of the Independent Monitor for juvenile justice, which has issued a series of scathing reports...
Busch: Md. must look away from slots
Maryland needs to discuss ways to make horse racing competitive without the legalization of slot machines, House Speaker Michael E. Busch said yesterday, all but ruling out a special session...
Md. betting Magna will stand behind $160 million investment
The annual Preakness kickoff breakfast at Pimlico Race Course yesterday featured all the traditions now familiar to the event: the introduction of a new Preakness queen, quips by the horsemen...
Hiring probe is put on hold
Despite legislators' promise of hearings this spring, an investigation into Ehrlich administration personnel practices will likely not occur for several months, leaving in the lurch former state employees who have...
Magna tries slots again
With the Preakness Stakes little more than a week away and the state's ailing horse racing industry commanding fresh attention, the owner of the Pimlico and Laurel tracks plans to...