Small business owners say it’s time the presidential candidates provide concrete details on how they’ll tackle key issues including taxes, health care costs and government regulations. “They haven’t been getting to the meat of issues about how they’re going to ...

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Gov. Martin O'Malley says he is preparing for a possible run for president.

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A few government and politics headlines for Friday.

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The Daily Record looked at the money the state's legal sector donated to the presidential campaigns. But where do all these lawyers live?

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — A jury deliberating whether John Edwards broke campaign finance laws made a request for evidence and office supplies Friday, suggesting they are settling in for detailed talks about the money from wealthy donors that was used to ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell squared off on national television Sunday, the latest joint television appearance by potential future presidential candidates separated by party lines and the Potomac River. O’Malley, head of the Democratic Governors Association and ...

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For most of the nation, presidential campaign politics are playing out in far-away places like Michigan, Florida, New Hampshire and Iowa as Republican candidates take turns eviscerating one another and swapping leads in the polls. But do not despair, residents of the Free ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley fired back Wednesday at Comptroller Peter Franchot for criticism of O’Malley’s gas tax proposal, describing him as “kind of our version of Mitt Romney.” The comptroller responded with a barbed reference to speculation that O’Malley ...

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Come on, folks, there’s really something more alarming than a congressman’s gray underwear. I give you the Grand Old Tea Party and the 2012 presidential race. That’s what it is, right? The GOTP? Republicans were more inclusive. Remember Mac Mathias? ...

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