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GOP accuses Democrats of politicizing hiring, firing

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Republican legislators fought back yesterday against charges that the administration has politicized state hiring and firing, saying it is the Democrats who are guilty...
Kweisi Mfume says he's a social liberal and a fiscal conservative.

Mfume says he’ll run for U.S. Senate seat

Kweisi Mfume, the former national NAACP president and Baltimore congressman who rose from impoverished beginnings to become one of the nation's most prominent black leaders, said yesterday that he is...
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First lady’s influence draws new attention

First lady Kendel Ehrlich has re-emerged as a central part of her husband's team and as one of the state's most prominent Republicans - even drawing attention from GOP observers...
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and his wife, Catherine, today walk outside City Hall, where the couple denounced rumors of infidelity spread by an aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

Thousands of Steffen e-mails released

The Ehrlich administration released 14,500 e-mails and other documents yesterday from former aide Joseph F. Steffen Jr., revealing a portrait of a political operative who had regular access to the...
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and his wife, Catherine, today walk outside City Hall, where the couple denounced rumors of infidelity spread by an aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.

State says computer used to spread rumors is secured

The state computer used by an Ehrlich administration employee who was forced to resign after spreading Internet rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley has been secured, and some contents will...
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House close to deciding on slots

After killing gambling legislation for two consecutive years, the House of Delegates is poised to vote on a slot machine plan this week, the high point so far in a...
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Probe of Md. hiring urged

The fired personnel chief for the state transportation department urged Maryland lawmakers yesterday to investigate the Ehrlich administration's hiring practices, saying political staffers have established a parallel hiring system that...
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Ehrlich denies wholesale firings of Democrats

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. dismissed yesterday mounting allegations that his administration has employed a roving band of loyalists to purge state agencies of Democrats deep in the bureaucracy, saying...