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O'Malley promises corrections reform as GOP calls for audit
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he would expand the use of technology to block cell phone calls in Maryland corrections facilities, part of a set of reforms designed to "root out corruption" after a federal indictment alleged widespread gang...
Tags: Regional Authority, Cell Phones, Prisons, Michael E. Busch, Labor Legislation
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Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat
The Michael Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is following up on its promise to hound Senate Democrats who voted against gun control legislation in April. In an ad that launched Friday, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is implored by a...
Tags: Jeff Flake, Elections, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Kelly Ayotte, Chuck Grassley
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There's a fly in my soup
WASHINGTON – "Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Max Baucus, Consumers, Crime, Law and Justice, Soups
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: Jay Carney, Libya, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon, Bob McDonnell
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Gay marriage momentum expands to two Midwest states
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the state the first in the Midwest to pass a law allowing them. The startling shift comes amid a rapid...
Tags: Government, Justice System, Regional Authority, Same-Sex Marriage, Pat Quinn
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Pol arrives late, says hello, departs hastily
Sun SentinelA packed house -- close to 100 people -- was on hand Monday morning in Miami for the opening of a state Democratic Party office in Little Havana. U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, a Miami Democrat who represents part of South Broward, was supposed to be one...Tags: Hallandale Beach, Frederica Wilson
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Orange, Central Florida counties see money from state drop
TALLAHASSEE — Despite state coffers flush with cash, Central Florida taxpayers might be justified to feel short-changed in the final state budget signed by Gov. Rick Scott. That's because Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Volusia and Brevard all...
Tags: Altamonte Springs, Regional Authority, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Media Industry, Winter Park
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South Carolina election a dead heat, Democratic robopoll shows
The high-profile House race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is going down to the wire as a dead heat, according to a Democratic poll released Sunday night. The survey, by Public Policy Polling,...
Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Tim Scott, Elections, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Where money talks
WASHINGTON — Call it the revenge of the 1 percent. President Obama bested Mitt Romney by portraying his Republican opponent as a rich businessman who used offshore tax havens and ran enterprises into the ground without regard for working people....Tags: Political Fundraising, Michael T. McCaul, Elections, Claire McCaskill, Penny Pritzker
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Mark Sanford attributes victory to S.C.'s tradition of forgiveness
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford said his surprisingly strong victory in a special election Tuesday is a testament to South Carolina’s forgiving tradition, and he vowed to be a watchdog for taxpayers in his district when he returns to Congress. Sanford,...
Tags: Government, Television Industry, Elections, NBC (tv network), Washington, DC
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...Tags: Government, Regional Authority, Tim Scott, Jesse Jackson, Israel
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...Tags: Justice System, Jay Carney, Benjamin L. Cardin, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Montgomery County (Maryland)
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