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        <title>Verna L. Jones-Rodwell</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal authorities indict alleged gang members, jail guards]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-24 08:01:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A cabal of corrupt corrections officers and members of the Black Guerrilla Family gang enjoyed nearly free rein inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, federal authorities allege, smuggling drugs and cellphones into the jail and having sexual...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[With session over, it's fundraising season]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-11 17:07:16</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With the season for legislating over in Maryland as of last Monday, the season for raising cash for campaigns has begun.

For the next nine months, until the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis Jan. 8, candidates for the legislature, governorship and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Auditors find widespread problems at Balto. liquor agency]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-03 17:26:05</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[State auditors found widespread problems at Baltimore's liquor agency in a review made public Wednesday, accusing regulators of failing to follow state law in awarding licenses, prematurely closing 311 complaints and handling inspections inconsistently....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Governor predicts assault weapons ban will pass]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-09 17:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O'Malley predicted that Maryland will ban assault weapons during the General Assembly session that began Wednesday. 

"Their sole purpose is not for sport; it is to kill human beings &mdash; as quickly and as many as possible, as effectively...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers want special session to stick to budget]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08 10:51:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ In theory, a special session of the General Assembly could be an opportunity raise any issue a legislator wanted to attempt to put on the agenda. In reality, there seems to be virtually no desire on the part of lawmakers to deal with anything but the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Race clouds debate over downtown crime]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-22 18:25:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The ongoing debate over youth crime in downtown Baltimore has sparked a war of words over race &#8212; overshadowing a debate over the police response to disturbances and objections from city politicians who say the issue is vastly overblown.

Since a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Baltimore County senators sue over redistricting]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-02 10:05:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Two Baltimore County senators, unhappy with their new districts under Gov. Martin O'Malley's legislative redistricting plan, have sued to have the maps overturned, claiming they give Baltimore city extra representation at the expense of the county.

Sens....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brochin weighs redistricting lawsuit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-17 08:07:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jim Brochin, the self-described "odd man out" in Gov. Martin O"Malley's legislative redistricting plan, said he's considering a court challenge to the plan if it is not changed.

"I'm leaving every option open," said the Baltimore County Democrat,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mitchell would create school construction authority]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-08 17:43:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A Baltimore delegate plans to introduce legislation to create an authority to oversee a new stream of school construction money that the city would get under a plan envisioned by schools CEO Andrés Alonso.

Del. Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. said his bill would...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baltimore loses clout in redistricting]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-16 19:34:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Baltimore would lose two of its 18 delegates and share one of its six senators with Baltimore County under new state legislative map proposed Friday by a panel appointed by Gov. Martin O'Malley.

The changes would further diminish the city's power in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Black lawmakers criticize O'Malley redistricting plan, saying it will leave General Assembly overly white]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-22 18:13:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Black lawmakers sharply criticized the governor's proposed General Assembly redistricting plan Thursday, saying his committee has drawn a map that will likely produce a legislature that looks whiter than the actual population of Maryland.

"I consider...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[O'Malley draws a better map]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-20 08:37:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Compared to the congressional district maps Maryland lawmakers adopted this fall, Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal for new legislative district lines looks downright rational. In most instances, the boundaries bear more than a passing resemblance to...]]></description>
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