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Maryland speaker tells Prince George's County leaders budget pressures will force trade-offs on housing, health and energy
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Speaker Jocelyn Peña Melnick told Prince George's County council members the General Assembly will weigh tight fiscal choices this session as federal cuts and job losses squeeze state and local budgets; she urged county–delegation coordination on Medicaid, housing and energy work groups.
Speaker Jocelyn Peña Melnick, the newly installed speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, told Prince George's County council members at the council's retreat that the General Assembly will confront a tight fiscal picture this session and urged early coordination with local officials.
"We have a ... deficit," Melnick said, stressing that the state must make difficult choices and that county priorities — including FY27 capital requests and health infrastructure — have already been shared with delegation leadership. She said the legislature will review the county's…
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