Baltimore Tourism Group Backs Expanded Gambling
Time is ticking on the upcoming election and the clock is running out to sway voters on expanding gambling in Maryland.
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Time is ticking on the upcoming election and the clock is running out to sway voters on expanding gambling in Maryland.
Funeral services were held for a long-time Maryland politician on Sunday. Hundreds paid their respects to Clarence Mitchell III.
The slot machines at Newport Grand chirp just like the ones in Vegas. The winners exult and the losers shrug just as they do in Atlantic City. But ask for the blackjack tables and you'll be directed to a video game screen with a smiling, virtual dealer. The nearest table action is 50 miles away in Connecticut.
Maryland's ruling Democrats had a plan to oust 10-term Republican U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. They redrew his mostly rural district to include about 300,000 voters in Democrat-heavy Montgomery County and endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Rob Garagiola to succeed him.
More cases of meningitis and more deaths. WJZ has new details about the outbreak linked to tainted steroid injections: The maker of the drug was warned about the potential for disaster.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin and his Republican opponent Dan Bongino face an unusual challenge this year: Rob Sobhani, a self-funded independent who has elbowed his way into the Maryland Senate race by spending more than $4 million of his own money in a contest he entered just last month.
Does the state equally fund its historically black universities and predominately white colleges? That's the question at the heart of a federal court battle.
There's more fallout in the Gallaudet University controversy over the suspension of an administrator who signed the same-sex marriage petition. This time it's over a campaign ad.
Gallaudet University is under fire from both proponents and opponents of gay marriage after placing an administrator on leave for signing a petition to put Maryland's gay-marriage law on the ballot.
With the CBS Local Presidential Forum coming to a close Barack Obama and Mitt Romney take their chance to set the record straight, pointing out the false accusations their opponent has leveled and giving their response.
As next week's foreign policy debate looms, there is growing pessimism among American voters on democracy in the Middle East.
Flipping the switch. Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA) officials are turning on the audio of surveillance cameras on buses. It's a controversial move that's causing a stir among lawmakers, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and MTA riders.
A group of religious leaders urges voters to vote yes on Question 6. But opponents move forward with ammunition against it.
With four of nine U.S. Supreme Court justices in their 70s and the next president in the position of possibly shaping the future of affirmative action, gay rights, abortions, and more with appointments he might make should any openings occur, the question of what kind of nominee he might put forth was posed to President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney in the CBS Local President Forum.
Gallaudet University is asking a coalition opposed to same-sex marriage to stop airing a television ad that features a staff member who was suspended for signing a referendum petition.
