MD’S DEFICIT WIDENS BY $280 MILLION,WORSENING HISTORIC BUDGET GAP: A key fiscal panel cut another $280 million from the state’s revenue projections Thursday, warning of an impending “unnecessary negative shock” to the state’s economy driven by expected federal budget...
MOORE MAKES CASE FOR BUDGET PLAN: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore had a tough assignment on Thursday: sell his budget-balancing plan to a room full of people who see serious flaws in it. Pamela Wood and Brenda Wintrode/The Baltimore Banner. TAX-FREE SHOPPING COULD END,...
BGE CUSTOMERS PLEAD FOR RATE RELIEF: Baltimore’s City Council and Baltimore residents grilled and pleaded with Baltimore Gas and Electric Company officials for rate relief at a legislative investigations hearing on Thursday night, following months of outrage over...
NOT JUST MILLIONAIRES WOULD PAY MORE UNDER MOORE'S TAX PLAN: More than half a million Marylanders who earn $500,000 or less per year would see their income tax bills go up under Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed revenue plan. An analysis of the proposal by the...
JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP’S FEDERAL WORKER BUYOUT PROGRAM, CALLED A ‘SCHEME’ BY MD LEADERS: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily paused President Trump’s plan to offer buyouts to millions of federal workers, an initiative aimed at trimming the federal workforce but that...
NO SURVIVORS FOUND IN CRASH BETWEEN MILITARY HELICOPTER AND JET OVER POTOMAC: An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Airport in Virginia just across from the District of...
$20 minimum wage by 2030 proposed; drone regulation for police is in the air; disability advocates say they’re not being heard.
WHAT GOV. MOORE’S BUDGET MEANS FOR SCHOOLS: This year was supposed to be huge for education spending. The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s expensive and ambitious plan to make schools the best in the nation, called for a massive investments in teachers and...
BLUE LAWMAKERS FROM MD. BEGIN NEW YEAR IN RED CONGRESS, SEEKING ‘COMMON GROUND’ DESPITE CHALLENGES: Johnny Olszewski Jr. planned to bring his young daughter to the U.S. House of Representatives for his swearing-in on Friday. “My daughter gets to be on the floor...
TWO MARYLANDERS FACE NEW COMPETITION IN BID FOR DNC CHAIR: Two Maryland politicians are being considered to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, vying to lead a political party that is rebuilding after November losses in the White House and both...
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