As reported by the Baltimore Sun, local governments have a difficult road ahead them this legislative session. Although Governor Martin O'Malley said he would not seek to transfer a portion…
The Baltimore Sun reports that the $1.6 billion budget deficit tops the list of difficult issues legislators will deal with during the 90 session, but many policy issues are also…
In a meeting with the League of Women Voters, the Baltimore Sun reports that all but one Howard County legislator believes the shifting of teacher pension costs to the counties…
At today's meeting of the Montgomery County Delegation of the General Assembly, invited speaker Casper Taylor discussed the interim report of the Public Employees’ and Retirees’ Benefit Sustainability Commission, the…
At the MACo Winter Conference, Governor O'Malley announced that he would not seek to transfer teacher pensions costs to counties this year. Instead, he stated that the State needed to…
In an opinion piece in the Gazette.net, Barry Rascovar writes that members of the General Assembly may find themselves identifying ways to reverse reductions in the Governor's budget, including considering…
Following a vote today by the Frederick Board of County Commissioners, current and future Commissioners will no longer be considered eligible to participate in the County's employees' retirement/pension plan. The elimination…
When Governor Martin O'Malley spoke at the MACo Conference in January, he pledged not to include a shift of teacher pension costs to counties as part of his budget proposal…
