BALTIMORE (AP) — A health care enrollment fair on Saturday drew hundreds of Maryland residents who lined up and waited to beat Monday’s midnight deadline to enroll in a health care plan. People said they generally waited about an hour at the Baltimore Convention Center before sitting down with a navigator to help guide them […]
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Md. health exchange severs ties with Noridian
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s health-exchange board voted to fire the state’s prime information technology contractor for Maryland’s defective health care exchange, the state’s health secretary told lawmakers Monday. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein told a legislative oversight panel that the board voted during a meeting Sunday night to end the role Noridian Healthcare Solutions has served […]
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Losing bidders won’t sue over casino license
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials say the two losing bidders for a casino license near the nation’s capital have agreed not to oppose a commission’s decision to grant the license to MGM Resorts International. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency said Tuesday that Penn National Gaming and Greenwood Racing have signed an agreement […]
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Md. Picks MGM for New Casino near Nation’s Capital
BALTIMORE (AP) — MGM Resorts International on Friday won a license for a large casino and resort in Maryland near the nation’s capital. A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of Las Vegas-based MGM’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor with a 300-suite hotel, casino and seven […]
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Former Morgan Student Accused of Cannibalism Enters Plea
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland college student who told authorities he killed a man and ate his heart and parts of his brain pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible Monday. Alex Kinyua, 22, entered the plea to first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie last year. The former Morgan […]
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Morgan & U of Md Students Dig for Proof of Nation’s 1st Free Black Community
EASTON, Md. (AP) — Archaeology students have been sifting through a little patch of ground on Maryland’s Eastern Shore this summer, seeking evidence that it was home to the nation’s first free African-American community. Historians say hundreds of free Blacks once lived in the area, while plantations flourished with hundreds of Black slaves not far […]
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Currie Censured
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has voted to censure a Prince George’s county state senator who failed to disclose work for a grocery store chain. The Senate voted 47-0 on Friday to censure Sen. Ulysses Currie. The recommendation was made by the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. The panel determined Currie used his […]
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State Highway Chief Testifies in Currie Case
BALTIMORE (AP) — State Sen. Ulysses Currie never disclosed he was being paid by a grocery store chain as he pressed the head of the Maryland State Highway Administration to install traffic lights near the company’s stores, the highway chief testified during the lawmaker’s bribery trial on Wednesday. Neil Pedersen is retiring from the SHA […]
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Indicted Senator Seeks Return of Passport
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for indicted state Sen. Ulysses Currie are trying to get his passport back temporarily so he can attend a conference in Canada. Currie’s lawyers made the request July 8 in U.S. District Court filings. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett has not yet released a decision. Currie, a Prince George’s County […]
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Md. Special Session Anticipated in Week of Oct. 17
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration expects this fall’s special legislative session on congressional redistricting will be convened in the week of Oct. 17, an O’Malley spokesman said July 5. While the governor has not yet formally announced the exact date for the session, O’Malley is planning to call it sometime that week, […]