Maryland approves $3.5 million settlement over Jordan McNair s death
Emily Giambalvo and Rick Maese, The Washington Post
Jan. 27, 2021
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Marty McNair, the father of late Maryland football player Jordan McNair, welcomes his friend Michael Locksley., right, before Locksley is introduced as the new Maryland football head coach at Cole Field House on December 6, 2018.Washington Post photo by Toni L. Sandys.
Nearly two and a half years after the University of Maryland vowed to accept legal and moral responsibility for the death of Jordan McNair, state officials approved a $3.5 million settlement between the school and the football player s family Wednesday.
All the parties, including the school and the state attorney general s office, had signed off on the settlement, and Wednesday s approval from the Board of Public Works - the entity charged with overseeing state spending, including contracts and legal settlements - was the final step in the process. McNair,
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The state’s largest state worker union announced the deaths of three more of its members from COVID-19 Friday, including two officers from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and one worker from the University System of Maryland.
Officials from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 3 reported that Jimmy Williams, a correctional maintenance officer at the Baltimore City Correctional Center, died last week and that Mark Renner, a correctional officer from the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, died during the middle of this week.
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Two years ago, Del. Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) and state Sen. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) were the legislative equivalent of middle managers solid citizens with considerable responsibilities, but not at the center of leadership.
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Their campaign treasuries reflected that: Ferguson in January 2019 had $70,341 cash on hand; Jones reported $45,002 in the bank.
But then an earthquake struck the Maryland political world: On May Day of 2019, Jones became speaker of the House, and Ferguson was nominated to become Senate president that fall. He officially took over last January. Both succeeded record-setting leaders.
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Not surprisingly, the new presiding officers fundraising totals took off. Jones reported raising $758,999 between January 2019 and January 2020; Ferguson collected $794,198 over the same period.
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