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.…
The MACo staff gave testimony this week on the following bills: February 19, 2013: HB 208: Interest Rate on Tax Deficiencies and Refunds testimony MACo raised concerns that reducing interest rates…
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…
As the State prepares for its March 6 bond sale, the rating agencies have again confirmed Maryland's Triple AAA bond rating. As reported on Southern Maryland online: Treasurer Kopp said,…
The MACo staff gave testimony this week on the following bills: March 5, 2013: SB 436: Recordation Taxes - Exemptions testimony MACo opposed legislation greatly expanding a recordation tax loophole…
MACo and county representatives testified this week in opposition to legislation that would reopen a loophole for the financing of commercial transactions through indemnity deeds of trust. The bill would…
