Day: May 3, 2012

State Roundup, May 3, 2012

Sens. Brochin, Kelley sue state over new Baltimore County election districts, making it the fourth such suit filed; special legislative session could be two weeks away; Gov. O’Malley signs 300 bills – from environmental regulations including doubling the flush tax to tightening fund-raising disclosure rules and social networking privacy protections; same-sex marriage foes collect more than half the needed signatures for referendum; and Cecil and Frederick counties present budgets.

Despite protests, $600 million contract for inmate health care approved

Despite a strong protest, the Board of Public Works unanimously awarded a $598 million contract to provide health services to 26,000 prison inmates over the next five years to Wexford Health Sources of Pittsburgh. As prison officials advised, it rejected the bid by Corizon Inc. of St. Louis, which has been providing two-thirds of the services to the prisoners for the last seven years.

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