A requested Increase for a special business fund give hints to a future aerospace or defense research announcement.

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Among the items what will be decided are a plan to spend $20 million transferred from the state's rainy day fund on expenses related to the riot and state of emergency in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died while in the custody of Baltimore City police

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A proposed 2 percent across-the-board cut to state agencies to balance Gov. Larry Hogan's first budget is drawing scrutiny from analysts and legislators.

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Warren Deschenaux, director of policy analysis for the Department of Legislative Services, said revenue projects "were optimistic" and now appear to be "retarded by adverse weather conditions."

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland analysts have outlined nearly $800 million in additional budget cuts to fill budget gaps in case lawmakers can’t agree on new taxes or savings. Warren Deschenaux, director of the state’s Office of Policy Analysis, presented a wide-ranging ...

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The credit rating front has been quieter Wednesday with Maryland officials believing any Standard & Poor’s rating action will not come soon, if at all. Here are some of the things that didn’t quite make the stories in the dead-tree ...

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Maryland lawmakers urged their federal counterparts Thursday to raise the country’s debt limit without hashing out a deal to reduce the long-term debt and deficit. Del. Tom Hucker and Sen. Jennie M. Forehand, both Montgomery County Democrats and co-chairs of ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A top state budget analyst is recommending that Maryland lawmakers increase the state’s budget cushion to better weather financial uncertainty and address credit rating concerns. Warren Deschenaux gave lawmakers on a Senate committee a briefing Tuesday about Moody’s Investors ...

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Maryland’s top budgetary analyst told senators Tuesday the best defense against fiscal uncertainty at the federal level is to get the state’s own balance sheet in order. Warren Deschenaux urged the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee to address the state’s ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Legislative leaders took a new approach to setting budget targets Tuesday, telling the governor and lawmakers that they wanted to see the persistent $2 billion structural deficit cut by a third next year, meaning a $670 million real ...

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