Among the six counties seeking a waiver from the state's maintenance of effort funding level this year is Anne Arundel County, whose submitted request seeks relief of less than 2%…
After passing cleanly from the Senate, a bill concerning local Program Open Space (POS) funding encountered difficulty in the House Environmental Matters Committee. MACo, working in concert with county parks…
For months, the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) has been discussing the development of its far-reaching policy document PlanMaryland, seeking to put into effect long-forgotten statutory authority that had been left…
A webinar for Local Governments officials will be held next week to discuss EPA's draft recommendations in response to President's Obama's Executive Order on restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay.…
The Department of Legislative Services has issued its analysis of the budget section collectively entitled "Payments to Civil Divisions of the State." In this analysis, DLS recommends statutory changes to…
Maryland Association of Counties Associate Director Les Knapp testified in opposition to Senate Bill 228 before the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee on February 9. The bill would prohibit…
Today the State Board of Education announced its procedures for the counties seeking FY 2011 waivers from the maintenance of effort funding requirements of state law. With the failure of…
The State Board of Education granted maintenance of effort (MOE) waiver requests to both Montgomery and Wicomico Counties in split votes on May 25. Due to uncertainties regarding the State budget,…
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