Part of medevac review to be behind closed doors

A group of medical experts is set to review the state's embattled medevac helicopter program next week, but half of the meeting will be behind closed doors.

That decision by the state's Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems has raised the ire of several state senators and delegates. They question what the state is trying to hide.

"This should be open. This is a major public safety issue," said Deputy Majority Leader Dan Morhaim, D-Baltimore County. He noted most of the state's other task forces - including the one reviewing the state's death penalty - meet in...