Maryland Education Department approves teacher evaluation plans; Republicans line up for governor’s race, and Red Maryland has a poll; O’Malley talks to liberal lawyers; O’Malley in France and Ireland; the race for attorney general; mayor officiates at mass gay wedding; abortion doctor reinstated; female correctional officers interviewed; O’Malley lobbies EPA for cruise ship line; and State House readied for “House of Cards” filming.
Day: June 17, 2013
Ruppersberger: Obama made ‘big mistake’ in handling phone surveillance controversy
Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called Edward Joseph Snowden, who recently leaked classified information about the National Security Agency, “a legend in his own mind,” and said President Obama made “a big mistake” in saying he had informed Congress about the surveillance of phone records, when he actually had not.
11 fire departments failed to match state funds, audit finds
The Maryland Military Department continued to dole out $5.2 million to support fire services in11 local jurisdictions even though they did meet requirements for matching local funding, according to a state audit. The audit report released last week also found misuse of state credit cards amounting to $107,493 that caused the firing of an employee.
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