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** FILE ** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

O’Malley budget expected to call for Maryland tax increases

By David Hill - The Washington Times

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Maryland struggles to cash in on gambling

By David Hill - The Washington Times

O’Malley springs sales-tax surprise on assembly

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

McDonnell pitches rest-of-term goals

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. O’Malley urges $372M for school construction

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, is joined by Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (left) and Attorney General, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II during a news conference Tuesday with House and Senate Republicans at the Capitol in Richmond. The 2012 session of the Virginia General Assembly begins Wednesday with the Senate split 20-20 by political parties. (Associated Press)

Virginia Senate split likely to cause jams

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

City State: Morning Roundup

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, chairman of the Democratic Governor Association, speaks to the press about the efforts of Democratic governors to create opportunity during challenging economic times at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

Taxes, gay marriage top O’Malley’s agenda for Maryland assembly

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Virginia Assembly will have pleas for more mental health funding

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

City State: Morning Roundup

By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (The Washington Times)

Bolling delimits tiebreaker role in divided Virginia Senate

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, here with state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., supports raising the "flush tax" and making it more progressive. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

O’Malley backs higher tax for sewage facilities

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Child mental health services underfunded, Va. study says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Maryland redistricting plan hit by blacks

By David Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (Associated Press)

Panel recommends cutting Md. structural deficit in half

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Peter Finkelstein of Annapolis lights a cigar at the Annapolis Cigar Co. A campaign is under way for the General Assembly to raise taxes on cigars and chewing tobacco to deter teens who use them as alternatives to more expensive cigarettes. (T.J. Kirkpatrick / The Washington Times)

Bid afoot in Maryland to raise tax on cigars and more

By David Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Maryland state Sen. E.J. Pipkin, Cecil Republican (AP)

Rural areas fearful of Maryland development plan

By David Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Virginia Delegate Lacey E. Putney (The Washington Times)

Report: Va. would not save with proposed pension plan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Fresh Va. Tech tragedy renews political gun debate

By Bob Lewis - Associated Press

Baltimore loses people, clout as D.C.’s Maryland suburbs grab for power

By David Hill - The Washington Times