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Maryland: State Budget

Tue, 11/25/2008 - 11:23

O'Malley forecasts more cuts, furloughs

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore) said Maryland may need to make another $200 million in budget cuts next month for the current fiscal year, according to the Associated Press.
 
O'Malley made the statement Monday on the debut of his "Ask the Governor" television program, where he pointed to declining state revenues and a national economic downturn as the main reasons for the cuts.
 

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Sun, 10/19/2008 - 15:12

Greenip: Keep slots and 'highway 95' out of Maryland's constitution

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=3946|title=|desc=State Sen. Janet Greenip|link=none|align=left|width=180|height=250]GRASONVILLE -- Question 2, the ballot referendum which would allow slot machines along Maryland's I-95 corridor, took center stage at the Queen Anne's County NAACP forum on Saturday.

State Sen. Janet Greenip (R-Crofton) argued against slot machines, saying they will cause addiction and won't generate nearly as much money as people expect.

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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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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 16:45

Franchot to support O'Malley's cuts, but not his slots

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Comptroller Peter Franchot (D-Takoma Park) says he'll support Gov. Martin O'Malley's (D-Baltimore) proposed budget cuts at tomorrow's Board of Public Works meeting, but insists he still differs with the governor on November's slots referendum.

"At this point, it is clear we are in the midst of the most serious economic situation we have seen since the Great Depression, and we have no choice but to tighten our belts and reign in State spending," Franchot said in a statement.

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Thu, 10/09/2008 - 14:23

State GOP: O'Malley's rewards for special interests caused fiscal crisis

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

The Maryland Republican Party says a new swath of proposed budget cuts could have been avoided if Gov. Martin O'Malley wasn't bloating the budget by rewarding special interests. The calls came just one day after O'Malley announced he would be considering steeper cuts to funding for health care and education, in addition to considering a furlough plan to combat the state's fiscal woes.

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