State fires lead health exchange contract Noridian, replaces it with Columbia firm; Del. Ivey blasts Lt. Gov. Brown’s MIA status during health committee hearings in gubernatorial campaign-lawmaking mashup; as lawmakers prepare to hear proposed marijuana legislation today, police chiefs to fight legalization; Towson attorney emerges as GOP candidate for attorney general; state Senate candidate Julius Henson blames Senate Prez Miller on probation-violation warning, but Miller says he knows nothing; GOP gubernatorial candidate Lollar names his running mate; and federal military downsizing will impact Maryland contractors.
Day: February 25, 2014
Legislative staff recommends cutting raises, benefits of state employees just ratified in contract
State employees last Wednesday ratified a new one-year contract that provided 2% raises, regular step increases, health premium holidays and other financial benefits they had been denied in the lean years of the Great Recession.
Two days later, the legislature’s budget staff recommended rolling back about half the negotiated increases, moves that took the largest state union by surprise, calling them “alarming” and “disturbing.”
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