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Md.'s debate on campaign finance pits reformer vs. reformer 02/15/2019 10:30am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. They sat side-by-side during a series of short Senate hearings Thursday, testifying in favor of election reform bills dealing with abse Maryland's power couples 02/14/2019 10:12am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It’s often said that power is an aphrodisiac. We’ll leave it to those with real power to tell us whether that’s really true. This i Tempers flare during Maryland school start date debate 02/08/2019 10:53pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. On the second day of Senate floor debate over legislation that would give local school districts the option of starting the school year Bill seeks to limit Md. superintendent role in hiring local school leaders 02/07/2019 08:28am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A Baltimore County senator is pursuing a bill that would remove the ability of the state superintendent of schools to disapprove of loc AP FACT CHECK: Trump's claims in his State of Union address 02/06/2019 05:28am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '3d360cd6-e471-4cbb-a0ad-ca0cccd74264' }).render("693615361444836c");}); WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Tr Why Are Prescription Drug Prices Rising? 02/05/2019 07:00pm • In the U.S. today, we spend far too much on prescription drugs when compared to other industrialized nations. According to National Health Expenditure data, we spent $333 billion in 2017, up from $236 billion in 2007 (an increase of more than 40 percent). In the last year, drug prices for many pres Use of force involving stun guns down in Fairfax County 01/30/2019 06:00pm • WASHINGTON — Use of force with stun guns is declining in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to an update Wednesday on the police department's Electronic Control Weapons program given to the county supervisors' Public Safety Committee. In 2018, officers pulled the trigger on stun guns 74 times Why Power of Attorney Can Be Key for Senior Health Care 01/24/2019 07:00pm • In the vast constellation of legal documents you could encounter over your lifetime, some are more critical than others. For older adults, a few legal instruments take on outsized importance, particularly in the context of ensuring adequate health care as we age. While some documents that older adu Today in History: Jan. 17 01/17/2019 12:00am • Today is Thursday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2019. Today's Highlights in History: On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against ``the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex Ex-'rabble rouser' takes a gavel: 'It's great to play a central role' 01/15/2019 09:36am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For all their philosophical differences, state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) and Sen. Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince Red Cross in dire need of DC-area blood donations 01/14/2019 01:11pm • WASHINGTON — Citing a shortfall of donations over the winter holidays, the American Red Cross put out an emergency call Monday for blood donors in the D.C. area. The nonprofit — which supplies about 40 percent of the U.S. blood supply — says it was down by over 27,000 blood and platelet don Mediterranean diet: How to start (and stay on) one of the healthiest diets 01/03/2019 07:35am • A diet that's good for healthy weight loss? Check. One that reduces the risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke and some cancers? Check. A diet that strengthens bones, improves brain health and wards off dementia and depression? Check. According to scientific research, that imp Skepticism Greets Vows by Mexico's New President to Boost the Lives of the Country's Indigenous Peoples 12/25/2018 07:00pm • MEXICO CITY -- Yolanda Alvarez, 55, recalls the moment her husband was thrown in jail 12 years ago, she can barely hold back the tears. "I felt as though life had ended," she says. "I felt that everything had ended. It was worse than if I'd died. Or if he had died." Alvarez's husband, Lorenzo Sanche Why Some Retirees Go Back to School at 65 12/20/2018 07:00pm • In the 10 years that Jacob Cohen, 70, has been retired from teaching, he has taken more than 100 courses at the University of North Carolina--Asheville, averaging three or four a semester. One of his favorite classes was about the history of life on earth, taught by a retired biology professor. He' Today in History: Dec. 19 12/19/2018 12:01am • Today is Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2018. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate). On this date: In 1777, during the American