Boehner: Congress to overturn birth control policy

WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner accused the Obama administration today of an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom," promising that Congress will reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with free birth control if the president doesn't.

Md. governor: Raise taxes for roads, schools

BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday urged lawmakers in his State of the State speech to make difficult decisions to raise taxes in order to spur job growth through investments in schools, roads, bridges and wastewater treatment improvements. O'Malley, a Democrat in his second term, said Maryland is moving out of the recession, although the state still ...

Part 1: Charter Schools Expand Slowly In Maryland; Laws Governing Them Are Problematic

By Megan PoinskiMarylandReporter.comThis was National School Choice Week in America, marked by over ...

O’Malley: ‘Too much hyperventilating’ over contraception controversy

(CNN) - Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland said Sunday that critics of a new federal health policy are overreacting to a statute that requires religious institutions to pay for contraceptives in their health insurance plans. “There has been a little bit too much hyperventilating over this issue,” O’Malley said on CNN’s “State of the [...]

Hidden history of black students’ education revealed in rare embroidery now on display at Bayou Bend Collections

Hidden history of black students’ education in 19th-century Baltimore revealed in rare embroidery acquired by Bayou Bend Collections & Gardens and now on display in time for Black History Month th