<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Government</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/government?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><description>Government</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[Va. Expands Use of Sentencing Tool for Judges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12605-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12605-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND  --  It used to be that Virginia justices went about sentencing nonviolent criminals the way judges across the country do: They scanned convicts' rap sheets and court files and took into account such general factors as age and history to decide how dangerous felons were to the public and whether they should go to prison.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff Candidates Setting Out Early]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12601-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12601-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One thing is certain about the sheriff's race in Alexandria: Come Election Day in November, incumbent James H. Dunning's name will not appear on the ballot, as it has every four years since 1985.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Forecast Sunny For Bridge Traffic]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12266-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12266-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ With the summer beach season approaching, Maryland officials are promising a spate of measures intended to reduce headaches for motorists crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge  --  and for Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who could suffer politically if chronic congestion continues to worsen.]]></description><author> John Wagner and Steven Ginsberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ehrlich Warns Loss of Slots Might Cost Md. the Preakness]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7594-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7594-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland could lose its 130-year grip on the Preakness Stakes because of the state legislature's persistent refusal to legalize slot machine gambling, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Interpreter' a Rote Translation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6935-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6935-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["THE INTERPRETER" rides for a long time on a compelling premise: the possibility of an assassination in the United Nations' General Assembly.]]></description><author> Desson Thomson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presidential Visit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6952-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6952-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A small Fredericksburg museum aims to change the public's ho-hum perception of James Monroe, our fifth president.]]></description><author> Mary Quattlebaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Newcomer's Take on the Historic Capital]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5063-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5063-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Within minutes after I drove in to Annapolis for the first time, I had encountered the best and worst of Maryland's capital.]]></description><author> Daniel de Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scouting D.C.'s New Team]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A966-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A966-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's not clear who will own the team or how good it will be. But for many in the Washington area, that doesn't matter. Baseball is back, and that's enough.]]></description><author> Alan Goldenbach</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Md., Deaths and Hard Work Propelled Teen Driving Bills]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61370-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61370-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Head ducked deferentially, Del. William A. Bronrott scurried across the expansive floor of the House of Delegates, searching out allies while the clerk droned on in listing dozens of the more than 2,600 bills before the Maryland General Assembly.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans Ignore Glitches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54875-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54875-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fans at RFK for Opening Day endure long security lines and small glitches resulting from the combination of an old park and a new team.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold and Paul Schwartzman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Long Last, Baseball]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54925-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54925-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thirty-four years of waiting for baseball ended Wednesday night at 7:05 when the Nationals took the field at RFK Stadium.]]></description><author> David Nakamura</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Monsieur N.' Comes Up Short]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53134-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53134-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[THE DARK FLIP SIDE of 2001's fanciful "The Emperor's New Clothes"  --  which speculated about what might have happened had Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of St. Helena to a life of middle-class anonymity by installing a look-alike in his place  --  "Monsieur N." takes a similar premise but treats it as a mystery of the dark-and-stormy-night variety, complete with Sherlock Holmesian intrigue, ponderous voiceover narration, flashbacks and cheesy old-age makeup. To the extent that it's able to not take itself too seriously, it isn't half bad.]]></description><author> Michael O'Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Session Marked by Discord]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48684-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48684-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The rise of two-party government in Maryland came into sharp relief this week as the 2005 session of the General Assembly concluded with intense partisan battles over expanding rights for gay couples,  increasing the minimum wage and financing stem cell research.]]></description><author> David Snyder  and Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong Showing For School Board Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49703-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49703-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A legislative effort to change the way Anne Arundel school board members are chosen died as the 2005 General Assembly session came to a close. But the measure had earned support from county delegations in both houses of the state legislature, and sponsors plan to revive it next year.]]></description><author> Daniel de Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederick Requests Mostly Unheeded]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49988-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49988-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Only a handful of measures requested by the Frederick Board of County Commissioners were approved by the General Assembly this year.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More for Schools, But Less for Roads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49989-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49989-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  As Maryland's General Assembly adjourned this week, legislators agreed to give Montgomery County three times more aid for school construction than last year, but reduced support for county transportation and land preservation programs.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duncan's Faith May Not Follow Church]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49975-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49975-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Since the death of    Pope John Paul II  this month, much has been written about the status of Catholicism in the United States and around the world.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mayoral Flack Cuts Press No Slack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49755-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49755-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There's a new sheriff in the mayor's press office, and he isn't afraid to bust a few egos, if that's what it takes to keep the pack of reporters who cover City Hall in line.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery  and Yolanda Woodlee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Placing a Value on School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49976-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49976-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Mira Fleming, an eighth-grader at Newport Mill Middle School, carried her heavy load of textbooks each day around the Kensington campus, she never really considered how lucky she was.]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[College Credits, With a Rush]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51206-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51206-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's a sign not only of how popular extreme outdoor sports have become, but also of just how much higher education has changed: Even the people who dream of living on the river feel like they need a college degree now.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item></channel></rss>