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Maryland inks deal with Uber, Lyft for BWI Marshall rides
The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved contracts allowing travelers to use select ride-sharing services to travel to and from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Local news outlets report per a two-year deal approved Wednesday, the airport will establish dedicated zones for Uber and Lyft, which will pay $2.50 for each ride. While Uber […]
Board of Public Works renews push to keep juvenile placements in state
ANNAPOLIS — Comptroller Peter Franchot Wednesday called on the state Department of Juvenile Services to find a way to transition more than three dozen juveniles in out-of-state facilities back to Maryland. The Board of Public Works Wednesday approved 39 contracts valued at more than $249.3 million for placement of youth in the custody of the […]
Hogan vows to ignore budget curbs on school construction approvals
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan said he will ignore budget language meant to curb the role of the Board of Public Works in giving final approval to recommendations for state school construction funding. Hogan, speaking at the board’s Wednesday meeting, said the language violates the state constitution and he would not follow it. The governor […]
Md. school construction aid delayed briefly after Hogan orders boycott
A panel charged with making recommendations on nearly $114 million in state aid for local school construction projects was unable to vote Thursday after Gov. Larry Hogan ordered his two representatives to stay away in protest. The absence of Planning Secretary-designee Wendi Peters and Department of General Services Secretary Ellington Churchill from The Interagency Committee […]
Trump protesters interrupt BPW meeting, ask Hogan to respond
ANNAPOLIS — Activists opposed to President Donald Trump interrupted a public meeting Wednesday and called on Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to take a stand against his policies. Three women interrupted the Board of Public Works meeting to ask why the Republican governor wasn’t speaking out against Trump. Samantha Easton of Easton, Maryland, rose from her […]
Hogan ignores legislature, demands school leaders come to Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday said he will ignore a legislative prohibition that seeks to end a requirement that school system leaders appear before the Board of Public Works in an annual event known as “Beg-a-thon.” Hogan ordered the secretary of the Board of Public Works to inform officials at all of Maryland’s public school […]
Maryland board to consider contract for veterans home
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland board is scheduled to consider a $35 million contract extension to prevent any disruption of service at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in St. Mary’s County. The Board of Public Works is set to take up the one-year renewal contract at its meeting on Wednesday in Annapolis. The extension is needed […]
Md. agency seeks mulligan on lowest-bid deal
ANNAPOLIS — Sometimes the lowest bidder isn’t the best. Maryland’s three-member Board of Public Works Wednesday unanimously approved an emergency short-term deal to replace a winning bidder, whose bid was so low it attracted questions earlier this year from Comptroller Peter Franchot. Ultimately, the lowest bidder quickly faltered in its contractual obligations and was terminated [...]
Kopp hints at Md.’s possible split with Wells Fargo
State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp Wednesday said a number of state agencies have accounts with Wells Fargo which they will be allowed to keep at least in the near term.
Split Md. board defers decision on health contract
ANNAPOLIS — A divided Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to defer for two months a vote to award a new contract for health services for state employees so the losing bidder, a 15-year incumbent, could mount an appeal. The 2-1 decision that delayed a vote on the contract for 60 days featured a rare […]
Baltimore to get $20M in grants to stop sewer overflows
Baltimore will get more than $20 million in grants to help prevent sanitary sewer overflows. Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved the Bay Restoration Fund grants on Wednesday. The Maryland Department of the Environment said in a news release that the grants will help Baltimore improve the existing sanitary sewer infrastructure in the Patapsco and […]
Lever quietly leaves Md. schools’ post a month early
"In light of new developments, I find it necessary to accelerate the effective date of my resignation," Lever wrote in a letter.
