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CNS Record 1998

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Virginia McCord revealed in fall 1998 that state officials were studying a particularly deadly stretch of U.S. Route 301 after a rash of fatal accidents. A week later, Maryland State Police began a crackdown on aggressive driving on the road. The story won the 1998 J.Y. Bryan Award for investigative reporting.

Patrice Pascual reported in spring 1998 that Washington, D.C., spent $4.9 million on a foster-care tracking computer that did not meet federal standards and that the city would likely have to spend another $14 million to bring up to snuff. The story came from tips she got while covering Maryland's foster care system.

Scott Albright previewed a spring 1998 debate on state-funded abortions with statistics showing that Maryland spent at least four times more on abortions in one year than all of its neighbors combined.

Chris Gosier interviewed Amish farmers in spring 1998 after state lawmakers exempted them from strict new fertilizer run-off regulations.

Keisha Stewart reported in spring 1998 that federal funding for telecommuting centers was being phased out, and profiled federal workers who used the centers to cut hours off their daily commutes.

Kayce Ataiyero put the escalating cost of college tuition in Maryland in perspective in fall 1998 with her analysis that showed tuition had risen by almost 50 percent over five years, at a time when students were going twice as far into debt to pay for their schooling.

Matthew Chin's analysis of campaign funds after the fall 1998 elections showed that Maryland's eight members of Congress were starting off the next election cycle with a head-start of more than $2.2 million on potential challengers.

Dan Odenwald's computer computer-assisted analysis of state data in fall 1998 showed that black students were graduating from community colleges and transferring to four-year colleges in greater numbers than ever, but their success rates in community colleges still lagged behind other groups.

On the eve of Tyrone Gilliam's fall 1998 execution, Sarah Anchors produced a package of stories on his 10-year legal battle, his last interview and the fact that 80 percent of Maryland's death row inmates are African Americans, cited by death penalty opponents as evidence of bias in sentencing.

Students in the spring 1998 Annapolis and the fall 1998 Washington bureau collaborated on a series of stories on Maryland sites that had been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places.