ENERGY • ELLEN STODOLA, CNS Republicans and Democrats are at odds in the General Assembly over whether Maryland should pursue offshore wind or natural gas fracking as a

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE STAFF The 2012 General Assembly session closed without an agreement between the House of Delegates and the Senate on an operating

TRANSPORTATION • BY MALI KRANTZ, CNS Gov. Martin O'Malley defended his proposed six percent sales tax on gasoline before House and Senate committees Wednesday, saying Maryland needs to address

ENVIRONMENT • BY AMANDA YEAGER, CNS Depending on whom you ask, John Congedo has poured his energy and savings either into one of Maryland's most promising sources of economic

VIDEO • BY ANNIE EMBERLAND, CNS TV Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, joined by O'Malley and Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Tommy P. Beaudreau,

ENVIRONMENT • BY ELLEN STODOLA, CNS A federal environmental assessment, conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, has deemed there would be no significant environmental impact to

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY ELLEN STODOLA, CNS After failing in last year's legislative session, Gov. Martin O'Malley is trying again with a new bill that would make offshore

EYE ON ANAPOLIS • BY GREG MASTERS Garrett County resident Dana Shimrock was relieved when Maryland put the brakes on drilling in the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale before