<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Governor</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/government/governor?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><description>Governor</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Appointee Presided as Agency Bled Qualified Staff]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45128-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45128-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Since Richard became director of the Maryland Energy Administration, half of the agency's 20-person staff has left.]]></description><author> Lena H. Sun and Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accusations About Firings Are 'Lies,' Ehrlich Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45127-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45127-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) yesterday dismissed as "lies" accusations that his administration has fired state workers for political reasons, and said he will embrace a legislative inquiry into his personnel practices only if he can dictate the ground rules.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Return to Routine]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24574-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24574-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. brushed aside political flap and returned to the basics: promoting his top transportation priority, the proposed intercounty connector in Md.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Aim to Curtail Ehrlich's Power]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21626-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21626-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) and his administration managed to spend much of the past few months irking the state's leading Democrats.]]></description><author> John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Decries 'Assassin Politics']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42541-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42541-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Md. Gov. stresses the withered relations between his administration and the General Assembly in his annual State of the State address.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Budget Leaves Out Hospital Group]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42750-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42750-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch accused Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. of cutting a $5 million state fund for hospital construction projects to retaliate against a hospital group that opposed his stance on medical malpractice legislation.]]></description><author> John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tied in Annapolis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59747-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59747-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As linebacker and candidate, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has frequently won against the odds. Can he still recover a fumble?]]></description><author> David Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Session's Aftertaste Endures]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59600-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59600-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The 2005 Maryland legislative session begins Wednesday amid the ongoing partisan brawl between the Republican governor and Democratic lawmakers.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Session Tests Governor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25955-2004Dec25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25955-2004Dec25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland's legislature convenes Tuesday for a rare special session, with high stakes for malpractice insurance and Gov. Robert Ehrlich.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Planning to Sell Off More Land]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46398-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46398-2004Nov12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The unsuccessful attempt by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration to sell off environmentally sensitive St. Mary's County woodlands to a politically connected builder is part of a broader strategy to offer up state-owned acreage to developers, records show.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Not Buying Ehrlich Ads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39920-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39920-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is expanding his own version of reality television. He is appearing in another series of ads promoting state programs, despite criticism from Democrats that the spots also are designed to give him extra face time with voters in a political season.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Governor to Remain Offstage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45059-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45059-2004Aug29.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although Ehrlich's 2002 triumph revitalized the state's Republican Party, it has not given much of a boost to his own political future.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Should Give Md. a Pass, Ehrlich Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33820-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33820-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Maryland's most powerful Republican, had some strikingly candid advice yesterday for his party's presidential nominee: Don't bother coming here to campaign.]]></description><author> John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md.'s Close-Up Looks Like Ehrlich's]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33717-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33717-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[$2.7 million TV advertising campaign to market the states has one element central to all of them - the governor himself. Some questioned whether the effort is intended to benefit the state or the governor's drive for reelection in 2006.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miller Warns His Party on Slots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43790-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43790-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One of Maryland's most senior, and most partisan, Democratic leaders said that his party will carry the burden of a state budget crisis if the legislature fails to legalize slot machine gambling.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marketing Campaign Aims to Tout Ehrlich]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8647-2004Jun26.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8647-2004Jun26.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s communications director is launching a strategic marketing campaign aimed at bringing "maximum exposure" to the governor.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Vetoes Tuition Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55747-2004May25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55747-2004May25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. announced Tuesday night that he has vetoed a bill that would have used corporate taxes to hold down tuition costs at state universities, calling the measure "irresponsible and haphazard."]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Calls Multiculture Idea 'Bunk']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9460-2004May7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9460-2004May7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland governor says that immigrants should assimilate to their new surroundings by learning to speak English.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slots Bill Dealing Absorbs Annapolis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48068-2004Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48068-2004Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. appears increasingly confident that he cannot lose in the coming showdown over slots and taxes.]]></description><author> Tim Craig and Lori Montgomery</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Speaker Blasts Preakness Spending]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41498-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41498-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government/governor</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates slammed Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday for what he called excessive spending on festivities at last year's Preakness Stakes, and announced plans to hold investigative hearings to probe the administration's Preakness budget.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</author></item></channel></rss>