Maryland may have a requirement for a balanced budget, but its audited financial statements show that its spent more than it took in from fiscal 2008 to 2012, according to the Institute for Truth in Accounting.
This made Maryland one of 13 “turkey states” that had more expenses than revenues in fiscal 2012. The list includes all of Maryland’s neighbors except Virginia.
Maryland’s reading scores skewed higher with fewer English language learners and learning disabled students taking the test; GOP legislators hope to phase in tax cut, eliminate rain tax; coalition questions benefits of current bay cleanup efforts; who gets to sit in Gov. O’Malley’s Ravens skybox?; gubernatorial tickets juggling fund-raising duties; Gansler proposes making sure poorer students get eyeglasses; magazine praises Brown for efforts that opponents blast him for; Hogan steals the spotlight in announcing that he’ll announce for governor in January; and O’Malley appoints judges.
Last week was chock full of hearings and events as politicos and legislators tried to cram things in before Thanksgiving/Hannukah and a short run-up to Christmas.
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