By: Alexander Pyles

Here’s a few government and politics headlines for Wednesday:

• The Washington Post compares Maryland’s October unemployment numbers to Virginia’s.
• The Associated Press and others report Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler has advised Gov. Martin O’Malley that Del. Tiffany Alston was removed from her office at the time of her sentencing last month.
• MarylandReporter.com’s Len Lazarick decries the secret process surrounding Maryland’s move to the Big Ten Conference.