First lady’s influence draws new attention
First lady Kendel Ehrlich has re-emerged as a central part of her husband's team and as one of the state's most prominent Republicans - even drawing attention from GOP observers...
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Thousands of Steffen e-mails released
The Ehrlich administration released 14,500 e-mails and other documents yesterday from former aide Joseph F. Steffen Jr., revealing a portrait of a political operative who had regular access to the...
Maryland explores pseudo-slots
Amid a rancorous legislative debate over the prospect of legalizing slot machines, Maryland lottery officials are looking into whether they could license machines that look and play like slots but...
Slots companies lobbying heavily within Maryland
The prospect of thousands of slot machines at Maryland racetracks and elsewhere in the state has attracted intense attention from manufacturers, which are pouring money into lobbying efforts in hopes...
Duncan to make anti-slots pitch in city
With slot machine legislation heating up in the state legislature, Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan heads to Baltimore today to voice his opposition on the home turf of his...
Today, apology drains regret of responsibility
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. insists he knew nothing about a staff member's spreading allegations online about Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life. He immediately demanded the man's resignation and has...
Ehrlich associate targeted O’Malley
A longtime campaign operative of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. resigned his state job yesterday after admitting he had been spreading rumors on the Internet about the personal life of...
Ehrlich links slots bill, school construction
After declaring for months that he would spend no more political capital on the issue, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. restarted his push to legalize slot machines yesterday, this time...
Lawmakers override veto on reform bill
The Maryland General Assembly voted yesterday to override Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s veto of a medical malpractice reform bill, rebuffing an intense lobbying effort by the governor and setting...
Ehrlich vetoes malpractice legislation
Calling the legislation before him a hollow reform, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. vetoed the General Assembly's medical malpractice bill yesterday, an action legislative leaders said they are all but...