Day: September 28, 2012

State Roundup, September 28, 2012

State health reform panel includes some acupuncture in required insurance offerings; starting Monday, veterans posts can apply for gambling machines; state’s campaign finance reform panel to recommend disclosure by outside interests; regional workforce center opens in Laurel; Del. Justin Ross to step down in November; O’s owner Angelos joins the big league in political donations; and Donald Rumsfeld backs Dan Bongino for U.S. Senate.

Md. Labor Department overpays unemployment claims, auditors find

The Maryland Labor Department’s Division of Unemployment Insurance overpaid millions in benefits to people who were actually working and shelled out unemployment benefits to people who were dead or in prison. The division also certified job stimulus tax credits for employers hiring the unemployed for some workers who weren’t actually receiving unemployment benefits.

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