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Frostburg consultant: Maryland governor calls special session as state faces multibillion-dollar shortfall
Summary
Rich Reinhart, Frostburg’s Annapolis consultant, told the council the governor signed an executive order calling the Maryland General Assembly into a special session beginning Dec. 16 to elect a new House speaker and possibly consider veto overrides, and he outlined state budget shortfalls the Legislature must address.
Rich Reinhart, the City of Frostburg’s Annapolis consultant, told the city council on Dec. 9 that the governor signed an executive order calling the Maryland General Assembly into a special session beginning Tuesday, Dec. 16 to elect a new speaker of the House and to allow the body to consider other business, including possible veto overrides.
Why it matters: Reinhart said the order’s broad language could open the session to a range of items and that the special session comes at a moment when Maryland faces a deep budget shortfall. Citing the Department of Legislative Services’ spending-affordability report, he said the state…
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