The State Department of Assessments and Taxation has recently established a workgroup to study the impacts of imposing the recordation tax on indemnity mortgages and deeds of trust. The workgroup,…
State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp recently announced that all three bond rating agencies, Moody's Investors, Fitch Ratings, and Standard and Poor's, reaffirmed Maryland's triple-A bond rating. This has been done…
While the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System reported that its fiscal 2011 returns were positive, a 20.04% performance, the System only earned .36% for fiscal 2012. This low performance…
A recent article in Governing, highlights a study by the Maryland Tax Education Foundation and the Maryland Public Policy Institute which found that state retirement systems are paying too much…
In its Annual State Retirement and Pension System's Investment Overview (2012), the Department of Legislative Services asked the State Retirement Agency to answer a set of questions on its investment…
As described by the Pew Center's Stateline, a new report blames lack of preparedness for public health emergencies on the federal government's reduction of disaster preparedness funds to states and…
Citizens expect prudent money management practices with optimum returns to meet public priorities. However, this can be difficult, especially during difficult economic times. During this session, titled "Maximizing Public Investments:…
Preparing and funding a school system's budget has always been a complex task. However, recent Maintenance of Effort (MoE) changes and the transfer of a portion of teacher pension costs…
