Vacation on Maryland taxpayers? Hotel reward points a perk of being a lawmaker

By ALEX JACKSON ajackson@capgaznews.com
 
Somewhere, a Maryland lawmaker could be planning a vacation that will be paid for with rewards he or she earned on the state’s dime.

Under its ethics rules, the General Assembly allows legislators who stay at hotels at state expense to take advantage of benefits those hotels offer, as long as the benefits are offered to every guest alike, not specifically to lawmakers.

Those benefits can go well beyond a continental breakfast.

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