By focusing on a 10-cent increase in the price of “a drink,” a report advocating higher alcohol taxes never actually mentions the true dimensions of the tax increases being proposed by the Health Care for All coalition.
Day: December 1, 2009
Baltimore Mayor Dixon guilty on one count
Mayor Sheila Dixon was convicted Tuesday on one embezzlement count related to the misuse of gift cards from a developer. We’ll be rounding up all of the news right here.
State Roundup, December 1, 2009
“Alarming” rearrests for youth at Frederick County detention center, big deficit in Montgomery County, and flat budget growth for state.
Auditors criticize millions lost, overpaid by state disabilities administration
Maryland’s Developmental Disabilities Administration failed to seek $3 million in federal reimbursement it was due, and also overpaid care providers $3.6 million, according to a highly critical state audit released Tuesday.
Among 14 findings, the state Office of Legislative Audits said the agency paid contractors for services to dead people, failed to properly monitor clients who lost their Medicaid eligibility, reported inaccurate information about waiting lists to the General Assembly and did not have adequate security for its information systems.
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