Day: November 19, 2014

State Roundup, November 19, 2014

State’s revamped health exchange opens days early with tech staff ready to fix problems; Transit Admin delays proposals for Purple Line to give Gov.-elect Hogan time to go over project; state GOP raises $250,000 at Annapolis event to pay down debt, begin saving for the future; Hogan heads to Florida for RGA event; Lt. Gov. Brown fails to repay $500,000 loan as promised; new District 12 Dem delegates jump into work; outgoing Attorney General Gansler to join D.C. law firm as partner; Arundel Exec Schuh to make public safety announcement; and new Frederick Council, exec gearing up for major governance change.

Some Democrats say they ‘got the message’ from Hogan’s election

Some Democrats say they ‘got the message’ from Hogan’s election

New Democratic legislators from Howard County said they “got the message” on spending and taxes from the election of Republican Larry Hogan Jr. as governor.

“I think we got the message,” Del.-elect Clarence Lam told a Howard County Chamber of Commerce breakfast Tuesday. “We understand folks want to move in a different direction.”

UMd.-Eastern Shore lacked over oversight of grant and loan programs, had potential conflicts, auditors find

UMd.-Eastern Shore lacked over oversight of grant and loan programs, had potential conflicts, auditors find

Two high-level officials at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore had conflicts of interest in up to $1.9 million of spending and grants funneled through the university’s affiliated foundation and private companies, an audit has found. Auditors reported possible conflicts involving the university and its affiliated foundation, which promotes the university and its mission. The audit described potential conflicts involving the foundation and two private companies: one controlled by the foundation’s executive director and the other owned by a relative.

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