From the Maryland Reporter website:

BUDGET STRATEGY The Baltimore Sun's Annie Linskey finds that Gov. Martin O'Malley and challenger former governor Bob Ehrlich used similar budgeting tools. WBAL fact checks job growth claims in O'Malley's ads.

BROWN LEADING LGs Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown...

By Cathy Carter

Every day 18 people in the U.S die while waiting for an organ transplant, minorities are especially at risk.

In Southeast Washington Rhonda Griffin from the Washington Regional Transplant Community is manning the table at a community health fair. She's registering peop...

BALTIMORE (AP) Wind turbines and cell phone towers are on the agenda for a planned meeting today of the Baltimore County Council. The Council is considering a five-year pilot program to test wind turbines for use in manufacturing or rural areas.

BALTIMORE (AP) A Maryland group that sold Tor...

By Cathy Duchamp

The Baltimore Planning Commission this week will decide whether to approve the framework that would allow construction of a Wal-Mart on the city’s northside. Wal-Mart also wants to open a store in D.C., the debate in both cases pits low prices against competitive wages....

BALTIMORE (AP) Wind turbines and cell phone towers are on the agenda for a planned meeting today of the Baltimore County Council. The Council is considering a five-year pilot program to test wind turbines for use in manufacturing or rural areas.

BALTIMORE (AP) A Maryland group that sold Tor...

By Cathy Duchamp

The Baltimore Planning Commission this week will decide whether to approve the framework that would allow construction of a Wal-Mart on the city’s northside. Wal-Mart also wants to open a store in D.C., the debate in both cases pits low prices against competitive wages....

By Bill Redlin

Federal stimulus funds are helping to hold down some costs for in-state students at public colleges and universities. But when the federal money runs out, the Virginia Council of Higher Education says the system will be at risk because of budget cuts.

The council's repo...

By Rebecca Blatt

Virginia's lawsuit challenging the national health care reform law has cleared its first legal hurdle.

A federal judge is refusing to dismiss the case.

Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli argues Congress exceeded its authority by passing the health reform...

In Maryland, police are continuing their investigation of last week's desecration of the B'Nai Shalom of Olney synagogue.

For commentator Stu Rushfield the incident was personal.

Rushfield works for NPR in downtown Washington.

Tell us what you think at conversation.wamu.org, Cli...

WASHINGTON (AP) Riders have one more day before Metro fares go up during the peak afternoon commuter rush. Fares were supposed to go up Sunday, but Metro says it is now delaying the changes until Tuesday before hiking peak afternoon use charges by an added 20 cents.

WASHINGTON (AP) Local re...

By Cathy Duchamp

Baltimore was the first city in the nation to require businesses with city contracts to pay workers a so-called living wage.

This week efforts are underway to apply that law to Walmart, which wants to open a store in the city.

Matthew Weinstein works for the pro...

By Kavitha Cardoza

The Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, says he's "very happy" with a federal district court ruling allowing the state's lawsuit challenging the new federal health care law to move forward.

Cuccinelli's argues that it's unconstitutional for Congress to req...

By Sabri Ben-Achour

Metro was going to raise fares Monday.

By 25 cents if you use a paper card instead of a smart trip card, and 20 cents more for everyone during afternoon rush hour 4:30 to 6 pm and after midnight on friday and saturday nights.

But those changes will wait till...

Kavitha Cardoza covers education for WAMU, and sometimes she runs into truly remarkable students who seem destined to succeed, against all odds. Today, in the first of three stories, we hear about Troniece Harrington from Springarn Senior High School in northeast D.C.

Ginger Moored helped i...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) The state Department of Natural Resources says it is accepting applications from those hoping to participate in this year's black bear hunt in western Maryland.

The agency said Monday it is increasing its harvest goal to a range of 65 to 90 bears. That's five more than...

Before breaking camp and packing up for the month, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer shared a rundown of his party's "talking points."

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) A man faces the scheduled start of try today in Harrisonburg, accused of aiding his brother in a 2006 jailhouse escape that led to two slayings. Michael Morval is charged with conspiring to help his brother William Morval escape from jail in August 2006.

NORFOLK, Va....

By Jessica Gould

Homemade chemical bombs have been turning up in mailboxes in Virginia's Fairfax County over the past few months, and authorities are warning residents to be on the lookout.

The Fairfax County Fire Department says at least eight of the devices have been found in Reston...