NEWS
By Jamie Stiehm | July 21, 1998
More city women ages 40 and over are eligible for free breast cancer screening under a new state law that took effect this month, according to city officials and the University of Maryland School of Medicine."
NEWS
December 16, 1994
Now it's up to Danny Henson.The Baltimore housing commissioner, who has had a soft spot for dancers on The Block ever since he used to take clients there during his early career as a liquor salesman, will also be the commissioner of nudity, under a new city ordinance.He will license show bars and porno book stores and make sure they abide by a number of operating restrictions. In these tasks he will be aided by an unpaid nine-member board.As a result of the new legislation, The Block will remain in the 400 block of East Baltimore Street.
NEWS
March 1, 1993
After years of bickering, citizen groups and quarrying companies appear to have reached a compromise on statewide legislation regulating rock quarrying that seems to satisfy both parties. If the General Assembly passes the legislation, stone, gravel and cement companies will be able to mine the rock they need and nearby residents will be assured that the land will be restored after the mining ends. The state will also have more regulatory powers over the companies' mining plans.Residents of Wakefield Valley, the site of two operating quarries -- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. and Genstar -- and one planned by Arundel Corp.
NEWS
March 1, 1993
After years of bickering, citizen groups and quarrying companies appear to have reached a compromise on statewide legislation regulating rock quarrying that seems to satisfy both parties.If the General Assembly passes the legislation, stone, gravel and cement companies will be able to mine the rock they need and nearby residents will be assured that the land will be restored after the mining ends. The state will also have more regulatory powers over the companies' mining plans.Residents of Wakefield Valley in Carroll County, the site of two operating quarries -- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. and Genstar -- and one planned by Arundel Corp.
BUSINESS
By Edmund L. Andrews | May 22, 1991
WASHINGTON -- A House committee voted unanimously yesterday to turn over a large segment of the radio spectrum, previously reserved for the government, to commercial uses.The approval of the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked an important step toward finding room on the crowded airwaves for new technologies such as pocket-sized radio telephones, digital radio and computers that transmit data over the air.The new legislation does not endorse particular technologies, nor does it settle the sticky issue of how the new frequencies will be allocated.
FEATURES
By Sara Engram | August 26, 1991
In California, a physician who is unwilling to comply with a terminally ill patient's wish to be allowed to die must transfer the patient. Failure to do so constitutes unprofessional conduct.In Florida, a physician unwilling to comply with a patient's declared intent must make only a "reasonable effort" to transfer the patient.In Alaska, however, an attending physician who fails to comply with a patient's properly declared wish not to have his or her life artificially prolonged has no right to be paid for services after the point at which those wishes should have been honored.
NEWS
By Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News | March 22, 1991
IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) were a good idea that should never have been tampered with.We are glad to see the U.S. Senate is trying hard to undo the damage.IRAs gave Americans one of the best means ever devised to plan for their futures.Why, then, did the Congress place restrictions on IRAs in the 1986 tax "reform" legislation?We think that, in seeking ways to close tax loopholes, [members of Congress] tried too hard to boost revenue at the expense of economic vitality. Savings boost investments, which in turn boost payrolls and profits, and, ultimately, the amounts paid in taxes.
SPORTS
By Josie Karp | July 26, 1991
WASHINGTON -- If Rep. Tom McMillen, D-Md., has his way, the reform of college athletics will start with the NCAA.McMillen yesterday unveiled the "Collegiate Athletic Reform Act" designed to restore the balance between athletics and academics at colleges and universities across the country. The bill takes aim at what McMillen considers the core of the problem -- the escalating role of big-time money in the big-time college sports, football and men's basketball.The new legislation would restore to the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption for football and basketball, a privilege that was taken away by the Supreme Court in 1984, for a period of five years, giving the NCAA the power to negotiate all television contracts.
NEWS
October 16, 1990
Charging that the County Council has become a "closed clubhouse" dominated by Democrats, council candidate John J. Klocko III, a Republican from Crofton, yesterday called for a three-term limit for the office."
NEWS
November 2, 1990
Sweeping new immigration reforms passed in the closing hours of the 101st Congress have their share of flaws, compromises and genuflections to political interest groups. Nonetheless, the statue is generous in spirit, a codification of America's increasing willingness to become a multi-racial, multi-ethnic and even multi-lingual society.The golden doors are opening as the fear of things foreign diminishes.New immigrants will be clearly identified by their skills, their assets, their family ties here and their country of origin.