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Langley Park tests relationship with Prince George’s County

By J.F. MEILS - Associated Press

**FILE** Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. (The Washington Times)

Rushern Baker ponders gubernatorial bid and PG schools still lag

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

In this file photo, just-cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the production line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Prince George’s budget battle ends in cease-fire

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has said that "National Harbor is the perfect location for this high-end $1 billion entertainment complex," in speaking of a casino recommended for the site. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

P.G. voters reject term-limit extension

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

**FILE** Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. (The Washington Times)

Baker-backed effort to extend P.G. term limits boosted by cash from developers

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

County Council member Derrick Leon Davis is expected to introduce a bill that would let one of Prince George's County's largest employers, Six Flags, pay its seasonal workers at a lower rate instead of the wage that would increase to $11.50 per hour by 2017. (The Washington Times)

P.G. lawmaker proposes Six Flags exemption to ‘regional minimum wage’ law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Construction manager John Hoffman stands in front of two concrete pipe adapters which will hold in place a 54 inch duct-tile iron pipe that sits ready to replace a pipe from 1965 along Forrestville Rd. near Andrew's Air Force Base, Suitland, Md., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Water main shutoff in P.G. means changing habits in summer heat

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Phebie Warren, the director of the Little Busy Bee day care center in Ft. Washington, Md., loads her trunk with bottled water as a large portion of Prince George's County will be without water for the next 3-5 days as the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission prepares to repair a 54-inch water line which is close to bursting, Ft. Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Water crisis averted in P.G. County

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

BERLIN - AUGUST 30: A speed camera of the German police monitors speeding automobile drivers on a busy street August 30, 2006 in Berlin, Germany. Germany has stringent laws on speeding and most German drivers experience a suspension of their licence at some point in their lives. Some politicians are debating whether to scrap licence suspensions for less serious speeding in favour of higher monetary fines. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Prove it, Big Brother: Maryland bill requires photo evidence for drivers ticketed by speed cameras

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Sisters Juasmine (left) and Jualece Huff campaign Tuesday outside of Winston Churchill High School in Potomac for Question 7, which would expand gambling in the state, because they think it will result in jobs and money for education. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Lucky 7 or snake eyes? Gambling expansion wins in Maryland

By Megan Poinski - The Washington Times

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Bowie businessman Christopher Lawson served as the president and principal broker for Insuraty Inc., a company that has continued to make campaign contributions despite not being licensed to sell insurance since 2006.

Defunct insurance firm doled out cash to politicians

By Andrea Noble and Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has said that "National Harbor is the perfect location for this high-end $1 billion entertainment complex," in speaking of a casino recommended for the site. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

P.G.’s consultant on casino has ties to harbor developer

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

Nov. ballot on casino faces several obstacles

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III speaks Wednesday in favor of a proposal to add slot machines at the National Harbor waterfront resort in Prince George's County during a hearing before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee in Annapolis. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

P.G. County lobbies for casino

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III speaks Wednesday in favor of a proposal to add slot machines at the National Harbor waterfront resort in Prince George's County during a hearing before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee in Annapolis. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

P.G. seeks casino at National Harbor

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Police chief among nominees confirmed in P.G.

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

P.G. County issue report on how to shake ethics woes

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Baker nominates interim chiefs to lead P.G. police, fire

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

PG county executive orders $1 taxi surcharge

By Matthew Cella - The Washington Times

PG’s Baker to address budget woes

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times