The Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to grant $500,000 more to medevac helicopter manufacturer AugustaWestland despite prolonged protest from a citizen who insisted the state is getting gipped.
Day: June 20, 2012
State Roundup, June 20, 2012
State hopes to finalize sale of Rocky Gap complex; Del. Afzali seeks feedback on a casino for Frederick; gambling panel meeting behind closed doors called legal; lawmakers hear concerns over pit bull ruling; Carroll Commissioners drop challenge to legislative redistricting; WBFF robocalls traced to conservative company; and, after conviction, Del. Alston defends actions.
Maryland needs more pension reform, study says
Maryland is in the same pension pickle as three-fifths of the other states, with its management of its long-term retirement obligations causing “serious concern” to the authors of a new study by the Pew Center on the States. Like 43 states facing similar problems, Maryland made substantial changes in its pension system last year. But the Pew Center report says additional reform will be needed, especially since Maryland and other states continue to short-change the recommended annual contributions to the pension system.
Bolton blasts Obama foreign policy at GOP dinner
Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich introduced former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton at a GOP dinner. “I think he’d look really good as Secretary of State in a Romney administration,” Ehrlich told the crowd. Bolton’s speech was a biting critique of President Obama. He said Obama “does not put American national security at the top of his priority list.”
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