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Ulysses Currie, who represents District 25 in Prince George's County in the Maryland State Senate, is chair of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee.
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for which he worked without disclosing the employment...
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for which he worked without disclosing the employment...
Ulysses Currie, who represents District 25 in Prince George's County in the Maryland State Senate, is chair of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee.
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for which he worked without disclosing the employment in ethics filings. Documents show that Currie repeatedly interceded in the state bureaucratic process on Shoppers' behalf. Currie has brushed aside concerns about his political future and is continuing with his legislative duties and working with constituents.
Currie, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Whiteville, N.C. He was the first of his family to go to college and earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. After serving in the United States Army, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area to attend American University. Currie worked for 25 years as an educator in the Prince George's County Public Schools.
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for which he worked without disclosing the employment in ethics filings. Documents show that Currie repeatedly interceded in the state bureaucratic process on Shoppers' behalf. Currie has brushed aside concerns about his political future and is continuing with his legislative duties and working with constituents.
Currie, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Whiteville, N.C. He was the first of his family to go to college and earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. After serving in the United States Army, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area to attend American University. Currie worked for 25 years as an educator in the Prince George's County Public Schools.
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State says its tracking of children has improved
Maryland Secretary of Human Resources Brenda Donald told lawmakers yesterday that her agency is doing a better job of using a new computer program to keep track of children in state care. At a General Assembly Joint Audit Committee meeting, Donald said...Tags: Prince George's County, Accounting and Auditing, Computing and Information Technology, Society
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Miller says he won't ask Currie to step down
The president of the Maryland Senate said yesterday that Sen. Ulysses Currie's work for a regional grocery chain should be investigated by the General Assembly, but Sen. Thomas V. Mike Miller dismissed speculation that he would ask the Prince George's...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ethics, Brian K McHale, Prince George's County, Corruption
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Currie probe looks at possible influence deals
Sun reportersThe federal investigation into state Sen. Ulysses Currie's work for Shoppers Food Warehouse is centered on whether the grocery chain paid the lawmaker to use the prestige of his office to secure favorable legislation and actions by state agencies,...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Prince George's County, Corruption, Court Administration, Corporate Crime
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Currie linked to mall plan
Sun reportersState Sen. Ulysses Currie, whose ties to Shoppers Food and Pharmacy are under federal investigation, intervened several times in recent years on behalf of the grocery store chain when it was seeking public financing and other concessions as part of the...Tags: Economic Policy, Road Transportation, Lawyers, Regional Authority, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Currie can get papers
sun ReporterState Sen. Ulysses Currie is entitled to have copies of materials seized from his home during an FBI raid in May, as well as the search warrant affidavit filed by the U.S. attorney's office, federal Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm ruled yesterday. Currie,...Tags: Economic Policy, Road Transportation, Lawyers, Supervalu Inc., Prosecution
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Doubt cast on Currie's future
Sun reporterMaryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller yesterday acknowledged speculation in Annapolis about Sen. Ulysses Currie's future in the General Assembly and said that he may revisit whether the Prince George's County Democrat should remain chairman of a...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ethics, Supervalu Inc., Groceries, National Government
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Dixon gifts probed
Sun reportersProsecutors are investigating whether Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon received thousands of dollars in gifts - including fur coats - from a prominent developer whose projects benefited from tax breaks and zoning changes she supported as City Council...Tags: Elections, Air Transportation Industry, Prosecution, Public Officials, State Budgets
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Campaign funds unlikely to be allowed for Currie's defense
Sun ReporterThe state attorney general's office has said that Sen. Ulysses Currie may not use campaign funds to pay for his legal defense in a federal investigation if the probe "relates to his conduct in office" - as it appears to do. Last month, the Prince George'...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Elections, Lawyers, Political Candidates, William H Murphy
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Inquiry threatens Dixon's momentum
Sun reportersSix months into her historic term as Baltimore's first female mayor, Sheila Dixon has been riding high - the homicide rate is at a two-decade low, the City Council passed her budget almost untouched, and she has won praise for her work on gun control...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, Regional Authority, Prosecution, Interior Policy
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Currie pushed for stoplight at Shoppers site
Sun reporterMaryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, who is being investigated by the FBI in connection with his consulting work for Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, apparently pressured state highway officials to expedite a traffic light project near a shopping center where the...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Economic Policy, Road Transportation, Transportation, Supervalu Inc.
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Inquiry in toddler's death faults agency
Sun reporterThe death of a Baltimore toddler might have been prevented had case workers with the Department of Social Services better communicated with one another about the needs of her family, especially those of her drug-addicted mother. That's the conclusion...Tags: Murder, Employees, Social Services, Lynn Anderson, Edward J Kasemeyer
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Currie papers sought in probe
sun ReporterThe state Department of Legislative Services received yesterday a wide-ranging grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors requesting "all documents relating to the office" of Sen. Ulysses Currie, a leading Prince George's County Democrat who is under...Tags: Economic Policy, Lawyers, Supervalu Inc., Groceries, Labor Legislation
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