Maryland’s next health secretary may have to meet more stringent qualifications under a bill in the Maryland General Assembly.  State law sets no qualifications for the position. A pandemic entering its third year and its effect on minorities raises questions ...

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ANNAPOLIS — An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge will delay an order in a case that pits two of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s more controversial appointments against the state’s treasurer and Democrats in the Maryland Senate. Judge Ronald Silkworth Thursday ...

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A Democratic candidate for governor is calling for the resignation of Dennis Schrader following a hearing in which the state’s secretary of health and four other officials were held in contempt of court. Jim Shea, the former chair of Venable ...

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Two embattled state appointees have been reassigned in an attempt to restore their paychecks and resolve, at least in part, a standoff between Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic leaders in the legislature. Wendi Peters and Dennis Schrader, the acting ...

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The state’s Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council met Friday for the first time since new data showed a significant jump in opioid overdose deaths in Maryland. Representatives on the council, which consists of the heads of 14 state agencies ...

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Timothy Maloney, a former legislator representing two of Gov. Larry Hogan’s Cabinet secretaries in a lawsuit, said concerns that he has a conflict of interest because of his relationship with the president of the Maryland Senate are overblown. Maloney, a ...

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An ongoing dispute over two top state appointments will deny at least one of them — a breast cancer survivor — health insurance, according to a spokesman for Gov. Larry Hogan. Douglass Mayer, Hogan’s spokesman, said budget language that prohibits ...

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The state’s acting health secretary is accusing Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. of pressuring him to block a request for a cardiac surgery program in return for a favorable confirmation vote. Acting Health Secretary Dennis R. Schrader and ...

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Paychecks for two members of Gov. Larry Hogan’s Cabinet will be lighter than usual next week — checks that could be their last for a while. The paychecks for Planning Secretary Wendi Peters and Health Secretary Dennis R. Schrader will ...

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Budget language barring two of Gov. Larry Hogan’s Cabinet secretaries from being paid is legal, according to Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh. Hogan’s own legal counsel fired back, calling Frosh’s declaration unconstitutional and requesting permission to retain outside counsel ...

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