by Dean DeChiaro | Aug 10, 2015 | Politics
ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday called on nearly 700 conservative activists to hold other Republican presidential hopefuls accountable for campaigning on conservative values but abandoning those positions once they arrive in Washington. Speaking to a packed...
by Dean DeChiaro | Aug 6, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — The number of inmates at Maryland correctional facilities who passed the GED high school equivalency exam declined by almost 70 percent last year because of the introduction of a tougher test, according to state figures. Last year, 220 inmates completed...
by Dean DeChiaro | Jul 28, 2015 | National Security, Topics
When Marine Maj. Bridget Guerrero (ret.) set out to run a mile for each of the 160 female troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, she never thought that one of their moms would show up to support her along the way. After training for months, Guerrero set out to run 160...
by Dean DeChiaro | Jul 27, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The leading Democratic presidential candidates issued statements this week on the death of Sandra Bland, the African-American woman who was found dead in a Texas jail cell three days after her arrest for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a...
by Dean DeChiaro | Jul 9, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Army’s planned reduction of 40,000 troops by late 2017 will neither hurt the force’s threat readiness nor cut a sizable amount from the $500 billion defense budget, experts and a military spokesman said. The Army’s savings from...
