ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed Lourdes Padilla as secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources. The governor announced the appointment Monday. Padilla has more than 28 years of experience in the human services field. She now serves ...

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A state agency is transferring developmentally disabled youths and canceling its contract with a for-profit Delaware company after the death of a 15-year-old Maryland girl. Katherine Morris, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Human Resources, said the contract with AdvoServ ...

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ANNAPOLIS — One Maryland agency had $1 million to spend on legal representation and could only find one lawyer interested. Members of the state Board of Public Works raised questions about the lack of bidders for the contract with the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has named a new secretary of the Maryland Department of Information Technology. The governor announced Thursday that Isabel FitzGerald will lead the department. FitzGerald has been the deputy secretary for operations at the Maryland Department ...

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The Maryland Department of Human Resources has revamped its review process and will eliminate a backlog of more than 5,000 Medicaid applications by mid-January under an out-of-court settlement announced this week. The changes come ahead of federal regulations designed to hasten the provision of health insurance to low-income, disabled Marylanders, the agency said Tuesday.

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Maryland is eliminating paper checks for child support payments this month, saving taxpayers about $1.4 million a year.

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Leonard J. Howie III, an experienced manager who has worked in high administrative capacities at several Maryland executive-branch agencies, has been appointed secretary of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation by Gov. Martin O’Malley. He will take over the ...

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Jeanette Ortiz has joined Greenwill Consulting Group LLC as an attorney and registered lobbyist.

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More offshore wind leases? Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday in Baltimore that his administration is working on an offshore wind energy bill after one that would have required utilities to enter into long-term contracts was shelved during the last legislative session. ...

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Cheryl F. Cohens says that for more than seven years she requested a pay raise that was promised her when she joined the Maryland Department of Human Resources training unit in 2002, with no results. So, according to Cohens, when ...

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