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Sen. Ulysses Currie

Currie Apologizes For Abusing Power After Md. Senate Votes To Censure Him

“I am deeply sorry and I will never do so again.” Those are the words directly from State Sen. Ulysses Currie after fellow lawmakers unanimously vote to censure him for a conflict of interest.

2012/02/17

Ethics Panel Recommends Currie Be Censured & Barred From Leadership Posts

Cleared of corruption charges. Now, the once-powerful State Sen. Ulysses Currie will soon be disciplined by his fellow lawmakers.

2012/02/16

Ethics Committee Finishes Report On Currie

The Maryland General Assembly’s joint ethics committee has completed a report it plans to send to the Senate on recommended actions for a state senator who failed to disclose work he did for a grocery store chain.

2012/02/15

Senator Ulysses Currie was found not guilty of corruption charges stemming from allegations he improperly used his influence to benefit Shoppers Food. He will face a House Ethics committee in 2012.

Ethics Panel Meets Again On Currie

The Maryland General Assembly’s ethics panel has met again to consider a Prince George’s County senator’s failure to disclose work for a grocery store chain.

2012/02/07

Currie Appears Before Maryland Ethics Panel

State Sen. Ulysses Currie has left a meeting of the Maryland General Assembly’s ethics panel, which is considering the Prince George’s County senator’s failure to disclose work for a grocery store chain.

2012/02/06

General Assembly Panel To Decide If Sen. Currie Violated State Ethics

A powerful state senator stripped of his chairmanship. Now, a legislative committee decides if he violated state ethics.

2012/01/12

Jury Begins Deliberations In Sen. Currie’s Bribery Trial

A federal jury debates the fate of a powerful Maryland state politician accused of taking bribes from a grocery chain. The trial of State Senator Ulysses Currie is in its sixth week.

2011/11/03

Bribery Trial Of State Senator Enters Sixth Week

The jury in the bribery trial of a senator accused of selling his influence to help a grocery store chain has heard testimony from two employees of another company that paid the senator while the General Assembly considered legislation significant to the company.

2011/10/31

Jurors Soon Will Be Deliberating Sen. Currie’s Fate

Jurors will soon be deliberating the fate of a Maryland State Senator accused of taking bribes.

2011/10/30

Hoyer: Currie Didn’t Pay Attention To Details

A prominent state senator is on trial for bribery and extortion. So is he corrupt or is he simply too dumb to know what he’s doing?

2011/10/18

SHA Head Testifies In Senator Currie Case

State Sen. Ulysses Currie never disclosed he was being paid by a grocery store chain as he pressed the head of the Maryland State Highway Administration to install traffic lights near the company’s stores, the highway chief testified during the lawmaker’s bribery trial on Wednesday.

2011/09/28