Regina Holmes

State Roundup: Newer vehicles would wait longer for emissions testing; feds want to seize McGrath’s $119,000 severance

State Roundup: Newer vehicles would wait longer for emissions testing; feds want to seize McGrath’s $119,000 severance

Federal prosecutors want to seize more than $100,000 from a stock account belonging to the late Roy McGrath, alleging the money traces to a fraudulent severance payment that he negotiated when he left the state environmental office to become chief of staff to former Gov. Larry Hogan. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed the case Wednesday in federal court and asked a judge to freeze the $119,000 in a TD Ameritrade account in McGrath’s name. Prosecutors are asking for the money to be forfeited.

State Roundup: Mfume calls for probe into mailed COVID tests; bias incidents jumped 400% in MoCo schools; B’more’s fire chief nominee was charged with having 50+pipe bombs in 1992

State Roundup: Mfume calls for probe into mailed COVID tests; bias incidents jumped 400% in MoCo schools; B’more’s fire chief nominee was charged with having 50+pipe bombs in 1992

U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume is calling for investigators to look into the COVID-19 test scheme involving Medicare. Mfume said he wants the Department of Justice, FBI and others to work with Congress to track down those who are sending unwanted COVID-19 tests to people across Maryland and charging the costs to Medicare.

State Roundup: Moore announces new strategy for bay cleanup; FBI ends its probe of Roy McGrath shooting death; Blueprint board to OK school systems’ updated plans

State Roundup: Moore announces new strategy for bay cleanup; FBI ends its probe of Roy McGrath shooting death; Blueprint board to OK school systems’ updated plans

Gov. Wes Moore (D) and several key members of his administration traveled to a steamy Eastern Shore on Thursday to announce two policy initiatives that will be shaped, at least initially, by new task forces — one to strengthen protections to the Chesapeake Bay, the other to boost Maryland’s oyster industry.

State Roundup: Baltimore Police admit failures in mass shooting; group warns of pollution at Md. beaches; court upholds MoCo gun law

State Roundup: Baltimore Police admit failures in mass shooting; group warns of pollution at Md. beaches; court upholds MoCo gun law

Facing an angry Baltimore City Council demanding answers about how an annual community festival devolved into one of the city’s largest mass shootings, Baltimore Police leaders acknowledged their failure Thursday to learn of the event in advance and further admitted responsibility for failing to mobilize additional resources once the party was discovered. The July 2 shooting left two dead and 28 injured.