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Harrell, longtime judge, calls UMMS board seat a ‘new challenge’

June 17, 2019 Leave a comment

10.07.11 ANNAPOLIS, MD. Judge Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. in his Annapolis, Md. office Friday Oct. 7, 2011. (The Daily Record/Rich Dennison)

Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. said Monday that he had been looking for “a new challenge” when Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him last week to a reconstituted University of Maryland Medical System board recently beset ...

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FBI, IRS seized computers, ‘Healthy Holly’ books, UMMS check from city offices

May 8, 2019 Leave a comment

This March 2019 photo taken in Baltimore, shows copies of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's self-published "Healthy Holly" illustrated paperbacks for children. Baltimore's embattled mayor announced Monday, April 1 that she is taking an indefinite leave of absence, just as a political scandal intensifies over what critics call a "self-dealing" book-sales arrangement that threatens her political career. The various officials' calls came shortly after Kaiser Permanente disclosed that it paid $114,000, between 2015 and 2018, for roughly 20,000 copies of Pugh's children's books. And it came about two weeks after news broke that since 2011, Pugh has received $500,000 selling her books to the University of Maryland Medical System, a $4 billion hospital network that's one of the largest private employers in the state. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Federal agents seized computers as well as documents related to University of Maryland Medical Center and former Mayor Catherine Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” books from City Hall last month, according to documents released Wednesday. FBI and IRS agents searched City Hall, ...

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Pugh attorney: Firm complied with subpoena, not subject of ‘raid’

April 25, 2019 Leave a comment

The offices of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s attorneys were not part of a multi-location search warrant execution Thursday but rather complied with a limited subpoena for financial records in their possession related to their representation. The documents had previously been sequestered from ...

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News breaks out in Pugh’s quiet Ashburton neighborhood

April 25, 2019 Leave a comment

Agents from the FBI and the IRS executed search warrants at Mayor Catherine Pugh’s two homes Thursday morning, bringing excitement to an otherwise quiet northwest Baltimore neighborhood. Pugh owns two homes in the city’s Ashburton neighborhood, an area of large ...

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Editorial Advisory Board: Politicians lie low until scandals blow over

April 18, 2019 Leave a comment

Is anyone else concerned about, bothered by or even aware of what seems to be the latest tactic by politicians accused of what would normally be considered, were it you or me, career-ending debacles? That tactic is: lie low, let ...

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Hopkins says Pugh sought to sell it ‘Holly’ books

April 3, 2019 Leave a comment

An employee of Johns Hopkins Health System was approached by then-Sen. Catherine Pugh about buying her “Health Holly” children’s books but declined, a system spokeswoman said Wednesday. At the time, Pugh sat on the Senate Finance Committee, the panel responsible ...

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Franchot condemns consulting firm examining UMMS dealings

April 3, 2019 Leave a comment

Comptroller Peter Franchot. (Bryan P. Sears)

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot condemned the independent consulting firm tasked with reviewing business dealings between the University of Maryland Medical System and multiple members of its board, including Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.

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Pugh takes leave of absence as controversy mounts

April 1, 2019 1 Comment

FILE - In this June 8, 2018 file photo, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh addresses a gathering during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston. Pugh on Monday, March 18, 2019, stepped down from the University of Maryland Medical System’s board of directors, days after it came to light that the hospital network had for years purchased her self-published children’s books. Board positions are unpaid, but The Baltimore Sun reported last week that around a third of the board received compensation through the UMMS network's contracts with their businesses. The newspaper revealed that Pugh failed to fully disclose a $500,000 business relationship she began with the 11-hospital network in 2011.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is taking an indefinite leave of absence starting Tuesday to recover from pneumonia, according to an announcement Monday from her office. She is stepping down amidst a controversy over her financial dealings revolving around her ...

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Baltimore health provider bought mayor’s books

April 1, 2019 Leave a comment

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kaiser Permanente says it paid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh more than $100,000 for about 20,000 copies of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books during a period when it sought a city contract. The Baltimore Sun reports Kaiser confirmed Monday that ...

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Editorial: The UMMS mess

March 21, 2019 Leave a comment

For the second time in less than three years, the board of a University of Maryland institution has failed to measure up to basic standards of ethical governance. Last year, the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland ...

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