Day: March 12, 2013

State Roundup, March 12, 2013

State Senate passes voting expansion; wind bill also passes Senate; meanwhile anti-abortion forces continue rallies, push for new legislation; Senate considers bill to impose maintenance of effort on some county services; measure would limit when new business regulations go into effect to four times a year; new U.S. Rep. John Delaney calls for diversification of Maryland business to protect from government cuts; and proscecutors won’t seek jail time for ex-Arundel Exec Leopold.

House committee reduces O’Malley $37 billion budget by $420 million

The House Appropriations Committee finished cutting Gov. Martin O’Malley’s fiscal 2014 budget Friday, and the final tally released Monday night in its report to the House shows the budget is $420 million less than what the governor proposed, bringing it slightly under $37 billion.

The overall budget still increases by $1.26 billion, or 3.5%, but excluding federal funds and the money put in the Rainy Day fund, spending of state taxpayer dollars rises by just 2%.

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