‘Doomsday’ clock is ticking
“Doomsday” is less than 74 days away. That is, the impact of a fiscal 2013 budget enacted by the General Assembly that contains some $500 million in cuts could be […]
State employees unveil “Doomsday Clock” for cuts
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland state employees will be unveiling a “Doomsday Clock” to count down when a half a billion in budget cuts will take effect, unless a special session is […]
New effort to fix ‘maintenance of effort’ law
ANNAPOLIS — In an effort to help counties match state school spending, legislators have introduced a bill to help fix what many consider to be a broken maintenance of effort […]
Teachers union rejects pension commission proposals
The state teachers union is rejecting most of the final recommendations of the special pension commission, particularly its proposal to shift half the funding of pensions onto county school boards […]
Maryland teachers’ union head rips state pension process
The executive director of the state teachers’ union has said the process being used by the commission considering changes to state pensions was “offensive,” rushed and lacked both details and […]





