Maryland, budget

READER POLL: How should Maryland close its $3.3 billion budget deficit?
Maryland leaders are now tasked with filling a roughly $3.3 billion budget hole in the next month. How should leaders cut the deficit?
Maryland deficit widens by $280 million, worsening historic budget gap
The governor and General Assembly will need to find additional cuts and new revenue sources to fill the worst deficit since the Great Recession.
Could a tax on sugary drinks help tackle Maryland's budget deficit?
Maryland lawmakers are considering a new tax on sugary drinks as a potential solution to the state's significant budget deficit.
Maryland lawmakers thinking about removing tax-free week to cut into state deficit
It’s tax season, and the state is continuing its fight against the $3 billion budget deficit. Currently, a range of options are on the table. These include reforming tax codes, cutting funding to programs,
Maryland lawmakers grapple over new business tax as deficit increases to $3.3 billion
Maryland lawmakers are clashing over a last-minute tax on business-to-business services, with some arguing it will exacerbate the state’s worsening revenue shortfall projections.
Maryland debates new taxes on snacks, cannabis to tackle $3 billion budget deficit
From a potential spike in property taxes to a tax on sugary drinks and salty snacks, cannabis, sports betting even ending tax free shopping week over to summer and now there's talk of a last minute tax on business-to-business essential services.
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state roundup: deficit widens by $280 million; social security concerns; MD federal judges center stage; tax on sugary beverages
MD’S DEFICIT WIDENS BY $280 MILLION,WORSENING HISTORIC BUDGET GAP: A key fiscal panel cut another $280 million from the state ...
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Maryland Senate GOP criticizes $280 million revenue shortfall, call for spending cuts
Maryland Senate Republicans are raising concerns after the Board of Revenue Estimates announced an additional $280 million ...
Maryland braces for $280M revenue hit as federal job cuts loom, financial officers warn
Maryland's top financial officers say that the state is beginning to feel the pain, as they anticipate more cuts in the ...
Maryland Gov. Moore's 2026 supplemental budget includes $360 million in additional funding
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore released his FY2026 supplemental budget, which includes $9 million to address a surge in unemployment ...
Maryland lawmakers seek to raise $1 billion through new business tax
The proposal is the legislature’s opening revenue offer in budget negotiations with Democratic Gov. Wes Moore amid a ...
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Services tax added to ‘menu of options’ as state grapples with budget deficit, looming federal cuts
Legislators are preparing for a new round of battles with businesses intent on again stopping a proposed sales tax on some ...
Wes Moore's budget leadership faces heat, 'Maryland definitely has a management issue'
Questions are mounting about the state's management and the governor’s leadership as Maryland faces a historic budget deficit ...
FOX45: Republican lawmakers address Maryland’s budget deficit, federal worker layoffs
As discussion over Maryland’s budget deficit continues across the state, two Republican lawmakers joined FOX45 In-Depth with ...