The Spending Affordability Committee, composed of members of the General Assembly and three public members, was briefed by the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) on November 13. The second meeting of…
Description: Recent Maintenance of Effort (MoE) changes and the transfer of a portion of teacher pension costs have presented not only budget challenges for the counties, but administrative challenges with…
As previously reported on Conduit Street, the Spending Affordability Committee meets each year to set a target for State spending in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget to ensure that the…
As previously reported on Conduit Street, Governor O’Malley released his proposed $37.3 billion Fiscal Year 2014 budget on January 16, which did not contain any new tax increases or significant…
A panel of MACo officials, President Rick Pollitt, Past President Ingrid Turner, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, and Legislative Director Andrea Mansfield, testified before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee…
The House Ways and Means Committee heard from local officials and the Department of Legislative Services on January 30 during its annual local aid briefing. Testifying for MACo were the…
An article in Governing magazine this week discusses the ongoing trend of governments offering early retirement incentives for employees, and the varied effects of these proposals on the government budgets.…
Among several components of a Presidential jobs-focused initiative unveiled this week by the White House is a new bonding vehicle for state and county governments. The "America fast Forward" bond…
