At Wednesday's hearing on HB 44 before the House Ways and Means Committee, a county panel reprised its support for the legislation to reform the maintenance of effort waiver process.…
The Secretary of the Maryland Department of Planning, Rich Hall stated that the major source of pollution in the bay (septic systems) has "been ignored" and very little has been…
With a May 2 deadline for follow-up actions from counties seeking waivers from the state's Maintenance of Effort funding laws, MACo believes that 5 out of 6 counties filing initial…
Officials from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are holding Public Assistance applicants briefings for areas included under President Obama’s disaster declaration issued…
An August 8 DelmarvaNow.com article examines whether the number of positions and salary levels for the Wicomico County Board of Education are reasonable. In Wicomico County, public schools receive nearly half of the county's…
On February 1, MACo presented a local government briefing to the House Ways and Means Committee. The MACo panel included Montgomery County Executive and MACo Treasurer Ike Leggett, Wicomico County…
As has been widely reported (including here), the Governor is proposing a shift of pension costs from the State to county governments, providing $239 million in fiscal relief to the…
On February 8, a coalition of environmental groups released a barometer for each county's proposed Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The WIP describes how the county will reduce nitrogen, phosphorous…
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