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Howard County won five awards from the National Association of Counties this week for innovative programs and services it offers its residents.

Despite claims to the contrary, meat-cleaver approach to budget cutting is hurting plenty of Marylanders

Maryland's unemployment rate rose to 7 percent in June from 6.7 percent in May even as the state added 4,300 jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.

The American Civil Liberties Union says police are violating drivers' rights with license plate scanners that can be used to track their whereabouts with little oversight on how such data is used or stored.

Research on civil wars in the last two decades shows that outside assistance to rebel groups tends to lengthen conflicts and increase the bloodshed.

A government that lies to its citizens doesn't deserve to be called a democracy

Rep. Donna Edwards, the Prince George's County lawmaker and top-ranking Democrat on the House Space Subcommittee, has introduced legislation that would establish a national park on the surface of the moon to commemorate NASA's Apollo program.

Maryland Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards has introduced legislation that would establish a national historic park on the surface of the moon to commemorate the Apollo lunar landings.

The country's fledgling democracy is imperiled anew by the generals now calling the shots

Thanks to fugitive Snowden, U.S. is having a much-needed conversation about privacy rights

By fleeing to Russia, NSA leaker Edward Snowden has forfeited any claim to the moral high ground of principled civil disobedience

For binational same-sex couples across the United States — including those legally married in Maryland — the court's 5-4 ruling offered the prospect of relief from an immigration quagmire that has disrupted lives, threatened relationships and wrought havoc on their emotional and financial stability.

William Jabine II, a former Evening Sun reporter who later became spokesman for the old State Roads Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Catonsville Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 90.

National security starts with stricter immigration standards

The Elkridge Volunteer Fire Department will host a blood drive Thursday, June 27, 3-8 p.m., in the fire hall at 6275 Old Washington Road.

The Bel Air town commissioners unanimously voted against a budget amendment Monday that would have put $55,000 in savings toward town employee pension funds in order to review the "overall health" of the pensions, which are short by more than $100,000 for the 2013 fiscal year.

It's hard to get upset about the government snooping on us when half of corporate America is already doing it.

The Social Security Administration, which is based in Woodlawn, has adopted a new policy making it easier for transgender citizens to change their gender identification in agency records.

Sloganeering Cruz does not compare to substance-wielding Warren

Do you trust this government to wield virtually unchecked power?

Jules Witcover writes that President Obama is caught between his roles as commander in chief and defender of civil liberties.

The ACLU's lawsuit against the NSA's collection of phone records provides a unique opportunity to challenge the government's interpretation of the Patriot Act.

Robert Reich says government-haters are leading the country into an ever-greater state of disunity.

Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City

WASHINGTON — Leaks about secret National Security Agency surveillance programs made by an intelligence contractor reopened a debate Monday over how much the government relies on companies for spy work and whether the firms must do more to vet employees and protect classified information.

Report on government spying should be a wake up call

Government spying is an ever-present threat

As you move through the ordinary activities of your everyday life, you're leaving an electronic trail rich in data about your whereabouts, your interests and your relationships. That's information of keen interest — and not only to marketers. As recent revelations about two National Security Agency surveillance programs show, at least some of those digital details are being collected and analyzed by the government.

Obama administration and a bipartisan group of lawmakers defended the program as both legal and necessary.

The government's power to secretly collect millions of phone records from telecom companies without their customers' knowledge suggests the laws protecting privacy are a lot less robust that most people think

Legislation to combat foreign and domestic hackers is necessary, but it need not come with a license for the government to collect personal information

State officials have decided to forge ahead with a controversial offer to buy out perhaps 10 homeowners on Smith Island as part of a plan for helping Somerset County recover from superstorm Sandy.

Harford County Executive David Craig plans to formally announce his bid for Maryland governor this coming Monday, June 3.

As officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs look internally for solutions to a claims backlog that is drawing increasing fire from Capitol Hill, they are also reaching for outside help from some of the nation's best-known veterans groups.

Government programs that encourage owning over renting offer marginal benefits and serious risks

The resolution affirms citizens private property rights, condemns the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012 (Senate Bill 236) AKA "The Septic Bill."

The Obama White House has been trying to de-legitimize Fox News almost from the day it took office. Remember the media blitz of 2009 launched by then White House Communications Director Anita Dunn?

The Oklahoma tornadoes demonstrate the reason why we should not cut government to the bone.

Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth.

Annapolis company's head was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year in April by the U.S. Small Business Administration

The Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press telephone records gives advocates for federal employees one more reason to doubt the Obama administration's full commitment to protecting whistle-blowers, particularly those in national security agencies.

Physician-inventor Robert E. Fischell says taxing medical devices will hurt industry's ability to develop products

Chad Barnhill, general manager of the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino, answers questions.

The members of the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners honored two Harford Day School students Monday for their dedication to the arts, their studies and the community.

NEPA prevented great harm to the Chesapeake Bay, but now some in Congress want to undermine it

Details of financial transactions by members of Congress and thousands of high-level federal workers were supposed to be posted online last month for anyone in the world to see — a key step, supporters of the move said, toward greater transparency in government.