ethics

About 100 U.S. Secret Service agents will take part in a two-day ethics training this week to be overseen by professors at Johns Hopkins University — a response to the widening prostitution scandal that began in Colombia, agency and university officials said Monday.

Legislation approved by the General Assembly would require campaigns to disclose the occupation and employer of political contributors who give $500 or more to a candidate during a four-year lection cycle

The late firefighter set an example of ethical behavior that all of us should strive to emulate

The monks at a financially stressed medieval monastery in Michael Hollinger's "Incorruptible" come up with a business plan that will keep the candles burning

Zach Brown keeps his focus as NFL draft approaches

The Secret Service prostitution scandal raises serious questions about the agency's ability to do its crucial work.

Pietramala all too familiar with pride and work ethic Midshipmen have despite early end to season

When Kelly Riesner tried to sell her home in Montgomery Woods, she found out the Elkridge condo community has a 23 percent delinquency rate on its association dues and thus anyone trying to buy in the community does not qualify for Federal Housing Administration financing.

Starting next year, Marylanders will no longer have to travel to Annapolis to look in to their lawmakers' possible conflicts of interest.

Lawmakers' ethics forms to go online, but not financial documents

Construction completed on new Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore, facility is dedicated

The Anne Arundel County police official who wants a federal probe into his agency is now asking the County Council to investigate how a County Council member learned about a confidential personnel complaint against him he contends the council member raised publicly to try to embarrass him.

Harford school board members approved ethics policy revisions during the business meeting Tuesday.

Classical music is said to soothe the soul, but can it calm an upset stomach?

General Assembly leaders reached tentative agreement Monday night on a state budget for the coming year and an income tax increase to help pay for it. But the full Assembly had yet to vote on the tax measure as the session's midnight end approached.

Ethics, P3 bills progress

Although Maryland's veterinarian board is considered to be relatively assertive, experts say that across the country, penalties are low and often inadequate. Some animal rights advocates say the laws providing remedies when a pet has been harmed or mistreated by a veterinarian are outdated in most states, and fail to recognize that, to many, a pet is truly a part of the family.

A high-stakes bill to expand gambling is still unsettled in Annapolis, but one thing seems clear: The payout right now is going to lobbyists.

State Sen. Jamie Raskin's attempt to post officials' disclosure forms online faces roadblock from Del. Maggie McIntosh

Local leaders may feel oppressed by the General Assembly this year but in many cases, lawmakers are merely standing up for broader public interest

As the General Assembly session rushes to a close, many conservative lawmakers and local officials are battling to halt a series of bills, large and small, that they say would shift decision-making power from counties to the red brick buildings of Annapolis.

Major's Choice residents to be billed near $1,000 for stormwater pond work

When S. Dallas Dance was searching for his first teaching job out of college, he was hired by a high school principal almost twice his age in Virginia.

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column

Given how poorly the Catholic Church's influence served the community at St. Joseph Medical Center, the purchase by UMMS can only be an improvement.

A former Bush administration official with political ties in Maryland has filed a formal ethics complaint against Democratic state Sen. Rob Garagiola for failing to note hundreds of thousands of dollars in income as a lobbyist on state disclosure forms.

Reaction to Doonesbury shows moral high ground in Texas abortion debate is debatable

The Anne Arundel County Council on Tuesday subpoenaed Police Chief Col. James E. Teare Sr. to answer questions about the political corruption case of County Executive John R. Leopold.

Howard Community College holds Ethics Week

Bel Air commissioners approve contract awards Monday evening.

Daisey, Mike Daisey, Ira Glass, China

The Democratic congressional candidates in Maryland's 6th District largely agree on major issues facing the country: They all favor immigration reform, more infrastructure spending to help boost the economy and a woman's right to have an abortion.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland renewed calls Thursday for the Anne Arundel County Council to investigate County Executive John R. Leopold after revelations that a police database containing criminal records may have been illegally accessed at his behest to research opponents.

A Bel Air church is petitioning to change height requirements in the R2 district.

The General Assembly should be seeking to fix the problems exposed by the Currie case, not loosening disclosure requirements for local officials.

Atty. Gen. Holder says targeted killings abroad are legal, but his argument isn't entirely convincing

Bel Air commissioners approve the mid-year budget.

Maryland an ethics 'model,' professor says

Harford County Public Schools on target to stay within its fiscal year budget

Baltimore's top information technology official resigned Tuesday after an audit in New York detailed alleged ethical violations that occurred while he worked in state government, including negotiating a job for his girlfriend and soliciting a job himself with a software vendor that was awarded a major contract.

Baltimore County's public ethics law falls short of Maryland standards because it allows elected leaders to take tickets to sporting events from people who do business with the county.