A May 2 Frederick News-Post article examines how Frederick and other counties are struggling to draft their budgets while the State considers whether to hold a special session to address the…
As recently announced, Governor O'Malley will convene a special session beginning on May 14 to finalize Maryland's FY 2013 budget plan. This budget plan, which did not pass on the…
In coverage from the Capital Gazette online, the state's special session seems to be coming into increasing focus as the Governor and legislative leaders announced general layout of the revised…
With the General Assembly's special session slated for Monday, the legislation introduced to address budget-related issues has been made available, with a schedule for public hearings (on Monday) as well.…
Now that fiscal 2013 is underway and the State is almost finished closing out fiscal 2012, focus lands on fiscal 2014. Soon the state's Department of Budget and Management (DBM)…
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has expressed interest in gaining local authority to use pension bonds - a vehicle to add to the county's defined benefit pension plan assets with…
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has formed a stakeholder group to create a new fee for water appropriation permits. Currently, there is no fee associated with the permits and…
A Circuit Court Judge in Wisconsin has struck down a law limiting collective bargaining, finding it unconstitutional. As reported by the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Judge Colas of Dane County, Wisconsin, raised an issue…
