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Gov. Hogan Releases “Too Good to Be True” Budget

Gov. Hogan responds to press questions about his budget. (Credit: Executive Office of the Governor) THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS On Tuesday, Gov. Hogan held a press conference to highlight a new budget that somehow closed a $544 million deficit without raising taxes or making “serious” funding cuts. Reporters were skeptical. It turns out […]
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It’s Time to Protect Our Schools

Photo by Martin Falbisoner (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Begins Advocacy on “Protect Our Schools” 2017 Educators’ Agenda With the 2017 Maryland General Assembly now under way, MSEA President Betty Weller and the government relations staff are moving quickly to line up bill sponsors, […]
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Gov. Hogan Finally Funded Public Schools. Why? $40 Million in Corporate Welfare.

Credit: Executive Office of the Governor, Steve Kwak THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Gov. Hogan Finally Agrees to $20 Million for Public Schools (In Exchange for $40 Million in Corporate Welfare) Back in August, Gov. Hogan announced that he would not release $25 million for public schools because of a downturn in state revenue projections caused by […]
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