Travel Expenses

AAA reveals most expensive cities for travelers

242 days ago - Think about it: $244. That’s the average cost of meals and lodging for two adults traveling together through the U.S., according to AAA’s Annual Vacation Costs Survey.

Cost of planes for lawmakers is deep secret

631 days ago - Members of Congress who travel abroad on the taxpayers’ dimes must file expense reports, but the largest cost of the trips remains a closely guarded secret.

Pension board hires adviser to form new travel policy

951 days ago - The Baltimore Employees’ Retirement Systems board, which manages city workers’ pension funds, has hired a Washington law firm to help establish new “guidelines” for trustee travel.

Mayor Williams defends free trip to Africa

965 days ago - Sixteen private firms donated $56,800 to send District leaders and support staff on a recent 11-day trade mission to Africa, a trip in which no government funds were expended but that Mayor Anthony Williams said Wednesday will have tangible results.

Councilman seeks to freeze pension board travel

974 days ago - Baltimore City Council Member Kenneth Harris, who recently asked the Judiciary and Investigation Committee to investigate the foreign travel of Baltimore Employees’ Retirement Systems board members, said he would attach an amendment to the new city budget to freeze travel now.

O’Malley calls on ERS board to revise policies

979 days ago - Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley expressed his support for the City Council lead investigation of travel by Employee’s Retirement Systems, calling on the board to revise its travel policies.

‘Witch hunt’ charges disrupt meeting

985 days ago - Charges of “a witch hunt” over an investigation into travel by the board members of the Baltimore Employees’ Retirement Systems interrupted an otherwise low-key presentation on the fund’s financial health before the City Council’s Taxation and Finance Committee Thursday.