Adrienne A Jones

Some journeys are a long road to nowhere, or so the saying goes. But for Louis S. Diggs, the roadways throughout Baltimore County lead to an often-untold history of African- American communities that he has dedicated more than a decade of his life to...

House Speaker Michael E. Busch named the six delegates yesterday who will serve on a committee investigating the Ehrlich administration's personnel practices. As he had promised, Busch named Del. Adrienne A. Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat, as the...

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 come forward seeking answers for why they...

The tone was collegial yesterday as members of a bipartisan special committee to investigate state personnel practices pledged to work together to examine the last three governors' firing policies, not just those of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. The tenor...

The special committee reviewing Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices sparred last night before adopting procedural rules - a five-hour meeting that was the latest chapter in a continuing struggle between the group's Democrats and Republicans....

A prominent Baltimore pastor challenged House Speaker Michael E. Busch's opposition to slot machines yesterday, saying gambling could be an industry of last resort that brings jobs and improved housing to failing city neighborhoods. "I'm almost at the...

The Maryland Senate probably won't muster the votes to override Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s vetoes of bills limiting university tuition increases and setting a "living wage" for state contractors, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. said...

In legislative primaries marked by the upheaval of legislative redistricting and several prominent retirements, incumbents lost in Dundalk and Towson, as did candidates backed by powerful state senators in Owings Mills and Randallstown. The most...

Democratic lawmakers say Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. should wait until next year to establish his proposed Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a stance that could set back one of his policy priorities. Democrats question the need for the...

Frustrated by the governor's unwillingness to discuss significant sources of revenues other than gambling, House Speaker Michael E. Busch suggested yesterday that keeping all 188 lawmakers in session beyond the General Assembly's scheduled adjournment...

At New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore, dozens of African-American ministers applauded as the speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates assailed the impact slot machines would have on the state's poor and working-class communities. "The idea of...

Rallying with ministers, the county executive of Montgomery County and other anti-gambling forces across the state, a fledgling caucus of slots opponents in the House of Delegates plans to announce next week a coordinated effort to sink Gov. Robert L....