A state advisory panel recommends that Maryland issue about $200 million less in bonds for the coming budget year than in the current budget year.
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Read More »October 18, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland panel recommends less borrowing despite revenue windfall
A state advisory panel recommends that Maryland issue about $200 million less in bonds for the coming budget year than in the current budget year.
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Read More »September 29, 2021 Comments Off on Buoyed by pandemic aid, surge in tax revenues, Maryland flush with $2.5B surplus
Maryland finished the fiscal 2021 budget year with a $2.5 billion surplus, according to the state's top tax collector.
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Read More »September 3, 2021 Comments Off on Manchin seeks ‘strategic pause’ on Biden bill, opposes spending $3.5T
Sen. Joe Manchin said Congress should take a “strategic pause” on more spending, warning that he does not support President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion package.
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Read More »August 9, 2021 Comments Off on Senate Democrats unveil $3.5T budget for social, climate efforts
Senate Democrats unveiled a budget resolution Monday that maps $3.5 trillion in spending boosts and tax breaks aimed at strengthening social and environmental programs.
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Read More »July 14, 2021 Comments Off on Senate Democrats’ $3.5T budget deal backs up Biden’s goals, though questions remain
Senate Democrats say they have reached a budget agreement that envisions spending an enormous $3.5 trillion over the coming decade.
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Read More »June 11, 2021 Comments Off on Budget deficit for current year hits record $2.1 trillion
The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs.
Read More »June 1, 2021 Comments Off on Biden’s $6T budget proposal ramps up social spending, taxes on businesses
President Joe Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class.
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Read More »March 14, 2020 Comments Off on Kirwan, two revenue bills take next steps in the Senate
ANNAPOLIS — A landmark public education bill and two bills that would provide partial funding for the plan cleared a preliminary hurdle in the Senate Saturday. The votes on the Kirwan Commission education recommendations and an online advertising tax and ...
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January 24, 2018 Comments Off on Judiciary seeks 5 percent budget boost
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Judiciary seeks $591.4 million in fiscal year 2019 – a 5 percent increase from the $562.9 million appropriated for the judicial branch this fiscal year, which ends June 30. About 90 percent of the Judiciary’s proposed ...
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