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Frostburg legislative liaison reports state budget shortfall, IT tax and sewage-sludge bill developments
Summary
Rich, the city’s legislative liaison, told the Frostburg Mayor and City Council that Maryland entered the end of this legislative session facing a large budget shortfall that produced more than $1 billion in new fees or taxes and roughly $2 billion in state cuts.
Rich, the city’s legislative liaison, told the Frostburg Mayor and City Council that Maryland entered the end of this legislative session facing a large budget shortfall that produced more than $1 billion in new fees or taxes and roughly $2 billion in state cuts. He said the administration and legislature closed the constitutional budget gap but warned the fiscal picture remains unstable and may prompt a special session later in the year.
Rich said two local priorities consumed much of his time in Annapolis: a proposed bill that would have restricted the land application of sewage sludge (and the “forever chemicals” it may contain) and…
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