<?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/princegeorges/government?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/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[Md. MVA Employee Charged in ID Card Sales]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration employee conspired with the owner of a driving school and a third person to sell state identification cards, many to illegal immigrants, for as much as $2,000 each, federal authorities alleged yesterday.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Move Made by Board On Hornsby]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7439-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7439-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the face of a federal investigation, Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby won at least a two-week reprieve from any decision on his future as the school system leader.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hornsby Imbroglio Raises Worries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6002-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The fallout from a federal criminal investigation of Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby has jolted a school system that can ill afford another bout of instability.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Takes Inquiry To Hornsby's Staff]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2471-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2471-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The development intensifies the spotlight on the controversial leader of the state's second-largest school system.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Capitulates on Prince George's Tax Cap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63969-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63969-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[County Executive Jack B. Johnson spent much of his first year in office attempting to build support for rolling back, if not repealing, the county's property taxes.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pr. George's Struggles With Vacant Police Jobs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59513-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59513-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At a time when homicides are up 60 percent from this time last year, Prince George's police are unable to function at full strength.]]></description><author> Allison Klein and Sudarsan Raghavan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church Leaders Cheer Speech by Johnson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50006-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50006-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Prince George's County Executive    Jack B. Johnson  visited Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington on Sunday and told nearly 200 church and community leaders that he disagrees with the view held by some County Council members that the county's mega-churches are snatching up prime tax property.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins  and Hamil R. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report on Homeless Students Spurs Questions, Dismay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50015-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50015-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In education circles, the term "disadvantaged" often describes schoolchildren who lack basic resources available to most of their peers. They may come from low-income families. They may be recent immigrants. They may speak little or no English.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pr. George's Builder Charge Among Bills Passed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48231-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48231-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Builders would pay a $6,000 surcharge for each house they construct in Prince George's County under a bill that passed in the final hours of the General Assembly session late Monday night.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Making Plenty of Changes, Hornsby Says He's Not Finished Yet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31320-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31320-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Few would dispute that Andre J. Hornsby has shaken up the Prince George's County public schools since he took charge in June 2003. As of last week, he had hired at least 87 new principals for the 196-school system.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Hires Backers for New Senior Jobs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32604-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32604-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson has sharply increased the number of senior management jobs in county government over the past two years, creating 11 deputy director positions, and has filled many of them with friends and supporters at a cost of about $1 million.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Try to Block Gas Storage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32507-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32507-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Md. legislators said the bill is in response to concerns about the ability of Washington Gas to respond to reports of persistent gas leaks in Prince George's.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balance of Power Tilting In Annapolis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23596-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23596-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With a week remaining in the 2005 legislative session, Maryland Democratic lawmakers are preparing to push through their most aggressive proposals yet aimed at curbing powers long afforded to the governor.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballistics Database Yields 1st  Conviction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19876-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19876-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Evidence linking an Oxon Hill man to a murder weapon -- the equivalent of a handgun's fingerprint -- Friday helped Prince George's County prosecutors win a first-degree murder case.]]></description><author> Ruben Castaneda  and David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many on Edge After Blast In Pr. George's]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17094-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17094-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The gas explosion that destroyed a District Heights house this week was a good 13 miles away. But it made the residents of Brooke Jane Drive and Shirl Court in Clinton mighty nervous.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Budget Would Bolster Pr. George's Schools, Police]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14199-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14199-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) presented a $2.15 billion budget yesterday that calls for big spending increases in education and public safety, including additional police officers to combat the county's soaring homicide rates.]]></description><author> Sudarsan Raghavan and Nick Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Md. Charter Schools, It's Tough Going]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52321-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52321-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Proponents see resistance among local school boards, which have the sole authority to approve the privately run public schools.]]></description><author> Daniel de Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackson's Political Drive Comes to Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32264-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32264-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson brought his campaign to renew the federal Voting Rights Act to a Prince George's County church with an appeal for help gathering a million signatures on a petition to President Bush.]]></description><author> Hamil R. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Senate Pushes Toward Compromise on Slots, but Busch Rebels]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28583-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28583-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Maryland Senate yesterday formally declined to accept a limited slot machine gambling bill that narrowly passed the House of Delegates, hardening the legislative stalemate over Gov.    Robert L. Ehrlich Jr .'s most pressing initiative.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarbanes to Retire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26762-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26762-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/princegeorges/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The departure of Md.'s longest-serving senator is likely to trigger changing of the guard in state politics, both in age and geography.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu  and John Wagner</author></item></channel></rss>