ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has named a Bowie State University official and former state lawmaker to fill the seat of ousted Prince George’s County Del. Tiffany Alston. O’Malley announced Friday that he had appointed Darren Swain to the seat. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The state’s highest court will decide on how to fill a seat in the House of Delegates after a lawmaker was convicted of misconduct in office. The Washington Post reports that the Court of Appeals granted a petition ...

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Ousted Del. Tiffany T. Alston would go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to get her seat back, her attorney said Friday as he prepared papers urging Maryland’s top court to hear her case.

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ANNAPOLIS — Former Del. Tiffany Alston automatically lost her seat in the Maryland House of Delegates when she was convicted of misconduct in office in October, and a Prince George’s County committee can withdraw the name of a former drug ...

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UPPER MARLBORO— An attorney urged a Prince George’s County judge on Tuesday to order Gov. Martin O’Malley to appoint a businessman to a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates, but a lawyer representing the governor said it was up ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — A judge says the nomination of a Prince George’s County businessman to fill a seat in the House of Delegates once held by Tiffany Alston should be reviewed by the court. The Washington Post reported that Prince ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Del. Tiffany Alston was effectively removed from office last month when she was sentenced for misconduct and waived her rights to appeal in a plea agreement, Attorney General Doug Gansler wrote in an opinion Tuesday. The opinion supports ...

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The House of Delegates might be facing a constitutional battle following the sentence of probation before judgment given to Del. Tiffany T. Alston on Tuesday.

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly’s counsel says Del. Tiffany Alston’s conviction for paying a law firm employee with state money permanently removes her from her term. Dan Friedman issued an opinion to House Speaker Michael Busch on Thursday. A ...

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Once again, we are being treated to the sorry spectacle of an elected official desperately trying to cling to public office after conviction of a crime.

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