Thomas M Middleton

Two U.S. senators from New England are calling for action to reduce misuse of buprenorphine, a narcotic that federal officials are promoting for treatment of tens of thousands addicted to heroin and pain pills. In Maryland, two key lawmakers said...

The prepared opening remarks by Gov. Martin O'Malley to the special session of the General Assembly Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, thank you for inviting me to join you here tonight. And thank you also for the extraordinary amount of work, dialogue, and...

Diving into a controversy that has played out in dozens of cities across the country, the Baltimore City Council will conduct its first hearing today on a proposed smoking ban - a preliminary move that is sure to ignite a debate among smokers, non-smokers...

Millie, Taneytown: As in individual with individual health insurance, I am interested in any of the 2007 legislation that might impact my coverage. Nitkin: We expect health issues to be a dominant topic of the 2007 session. Health insurance and related...

A statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants is likely to win approval from the Maryland General Assembly this year, legislative leaders say, as the number of counties that have adopted local versions of the proposed law continues to grow. "It's...

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. seized on the failed merger of BGE's parent company and a Florida utility as clear evidence, two weeks before the election, that Democratic leaders are arrogant, over-reaching and anti-business. Ehrlich had long warned that the...

Less than 12 hours after the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation to keep malpractice insurance costs for doctors in check, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said Thursday that he is preparing his veto message and will hold a ceremony next week to nix...

Governor talks veto; lawmakers talk override Less than 12 hours after the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation to keep malpractice insurance costs for doctors in check, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he is preparing his veto...

With a two-day special session of the General Assembly ending in acrimony, the prospects of amicable relations between Maryland's first Republican governor in more than 30 years and a Democrat-controlled legislature are at an all-time low. Ehrlich...

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...

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...