The report includes salary and benefits data on 135 county government positions for Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City. The annual publication, the Complete Report of County Employee Salaries, Health Benefits &…
Jim Harkins, Maryland Environmental Service's (MES) Director, recently announced his retirement. Mr. Harkins served as MACo President in 2004 when he was Harford County Executive. According to MES' Facebook announcement,…
As reported in the Washington Post, the Governor's proposal for mandate relief does not affect education funding. Hogan (R) filed legislation this week that would pause many of the state’s statutory spending hikes…
This post summarizes the status of tax and revenue bills related to the income tax that MACo took a position on or considered during the 2016 General Assembly Session. Subtraction Modifications and…
At the meeting of the State Pension Board yesterday, the Board adopted new actuarial assumptions that could lower the normal costs of the teacher pension plan and considered a new…
An editorial in the Washington Post critiques the Maryland Legislature's new approach to funding the state pension system, which has a larger than $17 billion unfunded liability. The Editorial states, FOUR YEARS ago, lawmakers…
The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Board of Trustees recently asked the Joint Committee on Pensions to introduce legislation that would amend the current statutory funding policy for the System’s…
A widely anticipated letter from the Maryland State Retirement and Pension Systems spelled out procedures for reporting unfunded liabilities among the local governments who participate in the state pension system…
