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Maryland: Budget Shortfall

Tue, 10/28/2008 - 09:57

O'Malley: No slots would likely mean more cuts

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

BALTIMORE -- If November's slots referendum doesn't pass, the remaining option is more cuts, according to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore).
 
"I don't think there is any political will for going back to revenues, because we've already looked at that," O'Malley told PolitickerMD.com at the state Democratic Party's One Week to Victory 2008 Gala on Monday.
 

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 13:54

BPW approves $345M in budget cuts

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The Board of Public Works approved over $345 million in additional budget cuts at Wednesday's meeting, according to the governor's office.

The reductions, which impact the fiscal year 2009 state budget, included over $297 million in general funds and $50 million in special and federal funds.

The announcement comes after Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore) began asking state agencies to identify cuts of up to 5 percent. The Board of Public Works also approved the elimination of 880 state positions, 830 of which were vacant.

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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 18:12

Leopold aims to cut impact fees

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold said Tuesday he will be submitting revisions to impact fee legislation currently pending in the county council.

The new proposal aims to temporarily cut a variety of fees certain developers are required to pay to the county government until 2010.

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Thu, 10/09/2008 - 11:20

Sun: O'Malley considers steeper cuts, furloughs

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Facing a looming budget shortfall, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore) announced he would be considering steeper cuts to funding for health care and education and is considering a furlough program, according to The Baltimore Sun.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 17:40

MDGOP: Cut the fat from the state budget

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The Maryland Republican party says the state government doesn't have revenue problem, rather, it has a spending problem.

"The advertising from advocates of the slots constitutional amendment claims that the only solution to the projected deficit is to raise taxes or pass the referendum, I want to make it perfectly clear that the MDGOP is firmly opposed to raising taxes," said MDGOP chair Jim Pelura in a statement.

Pelura suggested that with a careful evaluation, spending could be brought under control.

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