J Lowell Stoltzfus

Though he's facing an undefined FBI investigation, this isn't the first time Sen. Ulysses Currie has stared down adversity. The head of one of Maryland's most powerful Senate committees got where he is only by struggling past poverty, hard labor and...

Drew Koslow steers his skiff under the Route 2 bridge near Annapolis and heads up the choppy South River, past the Spanish villas and faux-Victorian mansions that have replaced the cottages that once sat along its banks. Fifteen minutes into the trip,...

The opening day of a rare special session of the Maryland General Assembly ended with legislative leaders locked in a showdown with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. over how to subsidize the insurance bills of doctors. Both the Senate and House of Delegates...

Phil, Washington, D.C.: Where can one find a complete list of legislators receiving money directly from Jack Abramoff? Nitkin: The Maryland State Board of Elections keeps electronic records of campaign donors, and has a searchable database dating to...

On the eve of a meeting of a special committee investigating Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices, the state Senate minority leader said yesterday that a former Maryland Democratic Party operative may be the elusive MD4BUSH, and may have...

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 their political affiliation....

In a day marked by partisan feuding and a sweeping dismissal of GOP concerns, General Assembly leaders voted yesterday to give subpoena power to a special committee examining the governor's personnel practices. The Legislative Policy Committee - led by...

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....

The special committee investigating Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s hiring and firing practices will select its outside counsel today from five finalists, three of whom practice in Baltimore and two in Washington. "I think we have a lot of highly...

Democratic lawmakers reviewing Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices said yesterday that they want to hear more from Joseph F. Steffen Jr., the former Ehrlich aide who said last weekend he was instructed by top administration officials to...

The Maryland General Assembly voted yesterday to override Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s veto of a medical malpractice reform bill, rebuffing an intense lobbying effort by the governor and setting a tense partisan tone for the 90-day session that begins...

Scott Hollenbeck, Westminster: Will The Sun report on bill[s] to raise taxes and the sponsors of the bills? Will The Sun report on who voted in favor of bills raising taxes and who voted against? Nitkin: Yes, Scott, we will be reporting on tax bills, but...