Former state Sen. Alex X. Mooney, who resigned as chairman of the Maryland Republican Party in February, said Tuesday he had raised $100,000 for a congressional bid in West Virginia's 2nd district.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Republican leaders criticized gas tax and toll increases that went into effect Monday, saying rising prices will hurt residents and scare away businesses. A sales tax on gas adding roughly 3.5 cents to a gallon went into ...

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WASHINGTON — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Thursday blamed the nation’s economic troubles on “trickle-down politics” advocated for decades by Republicans and on the “disastrous presidency” of George W. Bush. “Trickle-down economics has been an abject failure for 99 percent ...

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest ...

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DENVER — In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It’s the latest — and most substantial — ...

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As Maryland Republicans turned up the heat on Gov. Martin O’Malley over a high-profile corruption case in a Baltimore jail, the Democratic governor announced new steps Thursday to beef up security and uproot corruption. Del. Nicholaus Kipke joined Del. Ron ...

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WASHINGTON — GOP lawmakers have subpoenaed the private emails of Labor secretary-nominee Thomas Perez, a possible sticking point ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing next week. The subpoena, issued Wednesday by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrel Issa, R-Calif., to the ...

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Republicans in the House of Delegates have decided the state needs no new money for transportation projects -- but they say it does need a lock-and-key for what remains in its Transportation Trust Fund.

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A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday morning.

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