Washington Post: State and Kaiser Permanente

washington post: Pugh, a Democrat, is facing accusations of self-dealing, calls for her resignation and an investigation by the state prosector after revelations that she received nearly 800,000 for her books from groups with ties to state and local government, according to The Independent. The Baltimore Sun reported that Kaiser Permanente paid Pugh more than 100,000 for copies of Healthy Holly at the same time it was seeking a 48 million contract from a city board controlled by the mayor; Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield said it donated 14,500 to Associated Black Charities to buy 2,000 books; the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund gave a 7,500 donation when Pugh was a state lawmaker sponsoring legislation it favored. Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post By Rachel Chason Rachel Chason Reporter covering local politics Email Bio Follow April 5The independent state agency that regulates Maryland's insurance industry announced Friday that it is conducting a review of insurers that gave money to Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's Healthy Holly children's book company. The Maryland Insurance Administration said in a statement it had expanded its initial review from those three insurers and will not be releasing further information until the inquiry concludes. McCurdy said the donation was inconsistent with what we've been doing here since 2015, when he became the director. Mark McCurdy, the director of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Funding, said the quasi-public company is comfortable with the review and has forwarded the agency its related documents. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.