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Almost two weeks after coming under fire for issuing statements on the war in Gaza that some critics characterized as antisemitic, CASA released a public apology.

A Johns Hopkins University researcher can continue medical experiments on barn owls after a lengthy battle with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals over animal cruelty and permit complaints.

Maryland state Sen. Benjamin F. Kramer sent letters this week to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR), Maryland state Sen. Benjamin F. Kramer sent letters this week to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) calling on them to ensure that JHU experimenter Shreesh Mysore’s deadly brain tests on owls permanently end and to sanction him for repeatedly violati...

Sidney Kramer, a businessman and political figure who won election in 1986 to become the third person to serve as Montgomery County executive, died May 16 at his home in Rockville, Md.

The Humane Society says 80 beagle puppies are still used in toxicity testing that involves forcing them to ingest a drug via stomach tube every day for months on end. They say the first wave of dogs is scheduled to be killed in mid-May.

Real estate developers are crying foul over an effort by Maryland Democrats to pass legislation that change building emissions standards.

The renewed effort by Maryland Democrats to push sweeping climate legislation through the General Assembly has hit one of its first major challenges.

Bill allows for more local restrictions on tobacco products By JACOB STEINBERG Maryland legislators introduced a bill that would allow localities throughout the state to place more stringent restrictions on the sale and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. SB0410 and its cross-file, HB1011, sponsored by Sen. Benjamin F. Kramer, D-Montgomery, and Del. Samuel L. Rosenberg, D-Baltimore, authorizes a county or municipality to enact and enforce local laws that are at least as strin...

“Tobacco kills our kids and what this bill would do is give local jurisdictions the authority to take action if they feel that the specific needs of their communities were not met by state law,” Rosenberg said at a Thursday press conference Capital News Service viewed. That rule also applies to other tobacco products and electronic smoking devices. If passed, this legislation would allow local jurisdictions to pose tougher restrictions on the age limit to buy cigarettes and other tobacco pr...

Maryland legislators introduced a bill that would allow localities throughout the state to place more stringent restrictions on the sale and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products.