John R. Griffin, secretary of the state Department of Natural Resources, has been chosen to succeed Matthew D. Gallagher as Gov. Martin O’Malley’s chief of staff.

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The governor’s former chief strategist will help launch a three-member communications group at an increasingly well-connected local law firm.

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday morning.

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A top aide to Gov. Martin O’Malley is leaving the State House for an Annapolis law firm, marking the second high-ranking administration departure in a little more than a month.

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WASHINGTON — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has given away the money donated to his campaign by a businessman tied to a federal probe of District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray’s campaign. O’Malley spokesman Rick Abbruzzese tells The Washington Post the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration opposed Friday measures to legalize medical marijuana, citing concerns that state employees could face federal prosecution for putting into place proposals now before state lawmakers. Joshua Sharfstein, the governor’s health secretary, spoke out ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to phase in a 6 percent sales tax on gasoline includes money for local road repairs, rules to make it harder to shift transportation dollars to other purposes and a mechanism to delay implementing ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is donating $7,000 in campaign contributions to a group that provides venison to help fight hunger, after a donor who contributed the money to the governor’s campaign pleaded guilty to failing to pay employment taxes. ...

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The Department of Business and Economic Development will foot the bill for at least a dozen state employees on the governor’s upcoming trade mission to India. DBED covered expenses for five when Gov. Martin O’Malley made a trade mission to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration expects this fall’s special legislative session on congressional redistricting to convene during the week of Oct. 17, an O’Malley spokesman said Tuesday. While the governor has not formally announced the date for the session, ...

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