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        <title>Christopher B. Shank</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[New map, new politics in Western Md.]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-10-22 13:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With a bit of math and a few clicks of a mouse, state Democrats transformed a once-sleepy congressional district in Western Maryland last week into one of the most closely watched political battlegrounds in the nation.

Hours after Gov. Martin O'Malley...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Patronage endures, even in hard times]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-03-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State lawmakers, using a system of patronage that persists in Annapolis despite tight budgetary times, are seeking to direct hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to projects at nonprofit organizations they help run.

In Baltimore, Del. Hattie N....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prisoner tally set to boost city data]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-04-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[For more than two decades, Rico Marzano called prison cells in Jessup and Cumberland his home.

But this year, the convicted murderer serving four consecutive life sentences will be recorded as a Baltimore resident, even though he won't step foot in his...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[County's legislative work mostly wrapped up, budget isn't as session draws to close]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-04-08 15:03:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As the Maryland General Assembly&rsquo;s session nears an end, much of Washington County&rsquo;s business has been sewn up.

The county delegation&rsquo;s signature bill &mdash; establishing stricter financial accountability for the Washington County...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State lawmakers differ on necessity of special session]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-04-14 14:21:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State lawmakers representing Washington County suspect they&rsquo;ll be called back to Annapolis for a special session on budget matters.

But they say three months should have been enough for the legislature to finish its work. It should never have...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Education, prisons, pensions were on local lawmakers' agendas]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-04-21 14:17:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Washington County&rsquo;s state legislators pursued some lofty but unattainable goals this year, along with several more grounded ideas that succeeded.

Sen. George C. Edwards and Del. John P. Donoghue each won a share of the state&rsquo;s capital...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[O'Malley notebook]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24 20:55:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Celebrating and protesting
As Gov. Martin O&rsquo;Malley traveled to and from the new Maryland State Police barrack near Hagerstown on Monday, protesters waved signs expressing their displeasure with three O&rsquo;Malley-backed measures &mdash; in-state...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Maryland Senate committee approves Justice's Law]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-03-15 17:48:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Maryland Senate committee Thursday approved a bill toughening the penalty for child abuse causing death &mdash; the first positive vote for the measure since it was proposed in 2008.

After four years of trying &mdash; and failing &mdash; in Annapolis...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill challenges current state purchasing]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-25 13:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A state contract for building maintenance supplies was questioned on Thursday by local business representatives who said they can do better.

Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, is trying to pass a bill to let state agencies drop out of cooperative...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Annapolis Notes - Feb. 27]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Washington County pursuing tax-credit program
Washington County has joined Frederick County, Md., in trying to start a new system of property-tax credits for new or expanding businesses.
To qualify, an existing business would have to add at least 1,500...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Local families advocate for Justice's Law]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-03-08 19:03:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Dee Myers&rsquo; voice still cracks as she softly tells lawmakers the story of her grandson&rsquo;s death five years ago.

The 4-month-old boy, Justice Christopher Calvin Myers-Cannon, was shaken to death in January 2007. Floyd Edward Bingaman III of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Washington County students serve, learn as General Assembly pages]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-03-26 15:03:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Four Washington County high school students had supporting roles in keeping the wheels of state government turning in recent weeks. Each spent two weeks as a Maryland General Assembly page.

Valerie Downs of Williamsport, a senior home-schooled through...]]></description>
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