Latest Maryland Headlines
All the headlines from our Maryland Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Final Suspect in Maryland Arsons Pleads Guilty
Aug 17 2006 // The last of five people accused of setting fire to more than two dozen homes under construction in a Charles County, Maryland subdivision pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court. Roy McCann, 23, of Waldorf, pleaded...
Maryland Seeks Answers for Uninsured After Wal-Mart Law Nixed
Aug 6 2006 // With Maryland’s groundbreaking Wal-Mart health care bill declared invalid by a federal judge, state officials are re-examining their options for providing medical care to many of the almost 800,000 people who have no...
Study Shows Decline in Lead Poisoning Among Maryland Kids
Aug 3 2006 // Fewer Maryland children were found to have elevated blood lead levels, although six counties had small increases, according a recently released state study. Of the 99,148 children tested last year, 1.3 percent had elevated...
STUDY QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF EFFORTS TO DETER TERRORISM
Jul 24 2006 // Government attempts to deter terrorism can backfire and promote invigorated reprisals and a cycle of violence, according to a new study by University of Maryland researchers. The study is based on a review of what the...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Maryland tends to alcohol training Groups offering state-mandated alcohol-awareness training to bartenders and liquor-store workers would have to provide at least three hours of instruction and give a state-approved test...
Judge Overturns Wal-Mart Health Care Spending Law
Jul 20 2006 // A first-of-its-kind state law that would have required Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care in Maryland is invalid under federal law, a judge ruled Wednesday. The state law would have required non-governmental...
Study Questions Effectiveness of Efforts to Deter Terrorism
Jul 7 2006 // Government attempts to deter terrorism can backfire and promote invigorated reprisals and a cycle of violence, according to a new study by University of Maryland researchers. The study is based on a review of what the...
Wal-Mart to court: nix Maryland’s employee health benefit law
Jul 3 2006 // Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge recently that only the federal government may dictate health...
Wal-Mart to court: nix Maryland’s employee health benefit law
Jul 3 2006 // Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge recently that only the federal government may dictate health...
Thousands Evacuated After Maryland Storms
Jun 29 2006 // The deluge of rain that caused flooding in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in the East forced the evacuation of more than 2,200 people near a rising lake on Wednesday and washed out part of a four-lane highway. At...
Floods, Mudslides Alter Busy Routines in D.C.-Maryland Area
Jun 28 2006 // In Washington, D.C., a city that always seems to be in a hurry, this week’s soggy weather forced almost everyone to slow down. Water and mudslides blocked highways. Commuter rail lines sputtered. Some federal office...
Lutherville, Md. Agent Accused in Commercial Premium Fraud
Jun 27 2006 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported the filing of felony insurance fraud and felony theft charges against Joseph J. Muehleison, an insurance agent and former president of Commercial Lines Corporation...
Wal-Mart Argues Against Maryland Law Ditctating Benefits
Jun 25 2006 // Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge last week that only the federal government may dictate health...
Maryland targets urban auto rates
Jun 19 2006 // Maryland, seeking to address the higher costs of insurance for urban drivers, recently passed legislation to require insurers to regularly review their rating territories and streamline the process for protesting...
Suspect Pleads Guilty in Maryland Housing Development Arson Case
Jun 6 2006 // One of the men accused of setting a series of fires at an upscale housing development under construction in the Washington suburbs two years ago has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson. Michael McIntosh Everhart,...
Maryland Workers Comp Costs Rising But Average Claim Typical
May 24 2006 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Maryland grew very rapidly in the most recent year studied, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). A major factor driving these costs...
Maryland Adopts Some, Not All, Ideas to Aid Urban Auto Insureds
May 12 2006 // Maryland is moving to address the higher costs of insurance for urban drivers, with passage of recent legislation requiring insurers to regularly review their rating territories and streamlining the process for protesting...
Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Auto Insurance Fraud, AG Reports
Apr 4 2006 // A Gaithersburg man has been sentenced in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County after having pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud last October, according to Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. The...
Md. Commissioner Orr Defends GEICO Against Unfair Underwriting Charges
Mar 29 2006 // In a letter to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and to the New Jersey Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange (CURE), Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr dismissed allegations by those organizations that...
Maryland’s Beall, Former U.S. Senator, Congressman, Insurance Agent, Dies
Mar 27 2006 // J. Glenn Beall Jr., a prominent Republican officeholder and successful insurance agent, died at the age of 78. Beall served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1970, he was elected...
