Andy Brownfield

Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

ANNAPOLIS - Maryland lawmakers may appoint a special committee to investigate how a prison gang apparently took over a Baltimore jail, ran a contraband smuggling operation and impregnated four prison guards. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., D-Prince George's and Calvert counties,...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

ANNAPOLIS - Criminals in Maryland will no longer face the death penalty, but illegal immigrants can now get driver's licenses after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law those measures and a slew of others on Thursday. The governor, who successfully pushed much of his legislative agenda through...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Thu, May 2, 2013

A man and a woman were found dead in a Laurel apartment complex Thursday morning, and police said their deaths have been ruled a double homicide. A third person -- the deceased woman's 25-year-old special-needs daughter -- was taken to a hospital after the slayings for an evaluation but was...

Matt Connolly

Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

A pair of bills in the Prince George's County Council would seek to extend broadband Internet access to all residents -- and punish cable companies that won't comply. Many county residents, especially those in rural areas, are only able to purchase dial-up Internet. Dial-up began to be phased...

Matt Connolly

Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013

More than half of new D.C. mothers are unmarried, more than any state in the nation, according to census data released Wednesday. Nearly 51 percent of women in the District between the ages of 15 and 50 who gave birth in the past year did so without being married, just beating out Louisiana at...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

Montgomery County Council members lashed out at county officials charged with fixing the beleaguered, $120 million Silver Spring Transit Center for withholding a letter from Metro saying it would not take over the center because of its problems. County officials said Metro has not been...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Wed, May 1, 2013

A 27-year-old man was struck by a vehicle and killed in Charles County early Wednesday morning, police said. Shortly before 1:30 a.m., Jose Echeverria-Aguilar was crossing the southbound lanes of Route 301 near Vernon Road in Waldorf when he was struck by a 2012 Ford Focus. Echeverria-Aguilar,...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

The Montgomery County inspector general is investigating the Silver Spring Transit Center after council members requested $100,000 be put toward examining the center's construction errors. Inspector General Ed Blansitt responded to a memo from Councilman Hans Riemer, D-at large, asking for the...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

The Montgomery County Council approved a trio of pay raises for union employees, which will cost the county almost $32 million in fiscal 2014. The council approved the firefighters, police and county government employees union packages 8-1, with only Councilman Phil Andrews,...

Matt Connolly

Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

Science and technology jobs dominate the Washington region, with Maryland counties lagging their Northern Virginia counterparts in such growth, according to census data released Tuesday. "Professional, scientific and technical services," a census designation that includes scientific research,...