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New school buildings in Fallston and Havre de Grace got a big push forward Tuesday, as the state agreed to fund the Youth's Benefit Elementary School replacement and recommended approval to replace Havre de Grace Middle/High School.

Clarksville native Tatyana McFadden has already dominated in the summer Paralympics. In Sochi, she'll take her first shot at gold in the winter games.

For decades, residents and community activists in Severn have lobbied for a health clinic and community center. Now they're in the home stretch.

Critics of Maryland's Obamacare website may have ulterior motives, but that doesn't mean taxpayers aren't entitled to hear the answers to their questions.

WASHINGTON — Two Republican lawmakers called Wednesday for an investigation into federal money spent on Maryland's troubled health insurance exchange, raising questions that could shed light on whether the Obama administration foresaw problems with the site before its launch.

Harford County Public Officials were absent at an appeals hearing to testify before the Board of Public Works in Annapolis last Wednesday to advocate for state funding for school construction.

Maryland's insurance regulator issued a bulletin Tuesday clarifying that transgender Marylanders cannot be discriminated against by insurance companies based on their gender identities.

An executive at an Owings Mills medical firm allegedly signed off on patients' X-rays and other tests without the necessary qualifications, falsely claiming that a team of doctors had reviewed the documents — a move that one physician said posed a "huge risk of harm."

Although only three people spoke Wednesday during a public input session hosted by the Harford County Board of Education on the school system's budget for the 2015 fiscal year, county school officials said they appreciated the comments they received and encouraged county residents to attend future public input sessions.

The government can start enforcing the mandate requiring employers to authorize employee coverage for birth control now on faith-based non-profits that haven't gotten relief from the courts. So now is the time for Congress to act to at least delay, if not lift altogether, this onerous burden from our ministries.

Nearly two of every three people signing up for health care coverage on Maryland's troubled insurance exchange have qualified for Medicaid, the state and federal program for the poor. Enrolling even more of the state's low-income residents in the program has been embraced by state leaders as a success.

As of Jan. 1, it's against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage or charge you more because of a pre-existing medical condition like diabetes, high-blood pressure or asthma. And they can no longer drop you from coverage just because you get sick or get into an accident. It's all thanks to the Affordable Care Act

A group of Annapolis residents is launching an effort to recall one of the city's aldermen after he floated the idea of stripping the mayor of some of his powers.

The members of the Havre de Grace High School marching band have performed at high-profile events in prior years, but they performed on what their director called "the biggest stage we've ever been on" Monday when they took part in the Veterans Day parade in New York City.

Obama's claim that no one would lose insurance coverage should have been corrected long ago

Tatyana McFadden surged to the lead of the New York City Marathon, and mile after mile, waited for a rival to challenge her.

'Magic number" of young people elusive for health exchanges

Havre de Grace High School students had an opportunity to hear from four men Friday, men who have worked to be examples of the school's motto: "Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve."

Widespread problems at the state's Developmental Disabilities Administration cost taxpayers millions of dollars over the past two years, an audit released Friday said.

Maryland's efforts to reform the Developmental Disabilities Administration are welcome but don't go far enough.

If you came to cable news Tuesday looking for hard information and analysis that would help you sort through the virulent spin from both sides on what's known as either Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act, depending on your politics, here is a snapshot of what you found.

President Barack Obama told thousands of students at Prince George's Community College on Thursday that his signature health care law is "here to stay," despite a renewed intense debate over the law taking place over the law in Congress.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are nearing a deal to grant the Food and Drug Administration more authority over the type of drugs that caused a deadly outbreak of meningitis last year, advocates close to the issue said Tuesday.

Revamped workforce development initiative by St. Vincent de Paul aims to place 300 in jobs in first year

This Saturday hundreds of people are expected to converge on Druid Hill Park ¿ some pushing strollers, some toddling alongside their moms ¿ to raise awareness about prenatal health.

A federal investigator has found that Maryland's Medicaid program had a 95 percent error rate in seeking reimbursement for room and board for the developmentally disabled and thus owes the U.S. government nearly $21 million.

Mark P. Becker, Bert J. Hash Jr., Robert "Bobby" Parker and Clark Turner have been announced as the Class of 2013 of the Havre de Grace High School Hall of Fame.

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Community health centers such as Chase Brexton are about to play a far larger role in the nation's health care when the federal health reform law is fully implemented in January.

Events like Baltimore's 300 Man March don't put bad guys behind bars, but they do start to change a culture that has grown too tolerant of violence.

Tens of thousands of Marylanders will get rebates from their health insurance companies this summer under a provision in the Affordable Care Act

Archbishop's views are outside the mainstream of his own church

This Friday, June 21, at 10 a.m., Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, Inc. will cut the ribbon on the "House That Bel Air Built," located at 404 Giles Street in Bel Air.

The switch to digitizing medical information has been botched, but it's not beyond repair

Archbishop Lori says Obama administration is forcing people to choose between violating their beliefs or the law

The University of Maryland Medical Center will send layoffs notices to employees at the end of the month as it looks to cut costs in the wake of federal budget cuts and what the state's hospitals have called inadequate rate increases.

Maryland hospitals will get some help dealing with federal cuts under a proposed plan that would increase the rates they can charge by 1.65 percent.

Maryland hospitals said they will have to cut jobs and services to patients after a state panel voted Wednesday to keep hospital rates flat, despite cuts required by federal sequestration.

Obama administration's decision to lower the age requirement for emergency contraceptive is an improvement but not enough

The state's hospitals would take on the entire burden of 2 percent Medicare cuts required by federal sequestration under a proposal released Thursday by the state panel that sets hospital rates.

Alcohol abuse isn't tempered by the rezoning of liquor stores or bars

Clarksville native Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon on Monday, adding to her resume as one of the elite Paralympic athletes in the world.

The Warrior Pride Marching Band will be performing in the prestigious Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington DC this Saturday, April 13

HHS secretary Sebelius says Marylanders are benefiting from the ACA, three years after its passage

Harford Community College's new APGFCU Arena is quickly becoming the venue of choice for many longtime community events, including high school graduations.

At the recent Maryland state championship for the FTC class of FIRST Robotics, the Havre de Grace High School Spears and Gears team placed 14th among 32 teams entered in the competition held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel.