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Where We Stand with MSEA President Paul Lemle

Many Americans love to pay taxes. For my students in government class, we tackled it as a more complicated question—what benefits and services do we receive, and who pays for them? That becomes an especially pressing question when we see so many big businesses and wealthy individuals take home unimaginable profits while for many of […]
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The 2025 General Assembly: Fairness and Progress for All Marylanders

MSEA Members Are Fighting to Fund Maryland Public Schools Note: This article was published in ActionLine before the governor’s budget was released and a number of the below details are now more specific. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and don’t miss our Up The Street newsletter for weekly recaps of MSEA’s progress on our […]
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Budget Amendments Needed to Protect Funding for Students in Poverty, Multilingual Learners

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Governor’s Blueprint Bill Introduced; At-Promise Students Need Advocates This week Gov. Moore introduced legislation titled the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, House Bill 504/Senate Bill 429, which is linked to the K-12 funding plan he included in his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, House Bill 350/Senate Bill 319. The complex […]
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Moore’s Budget Introduced with Big Implications for Education and Fairer Tax Policies

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Moore’s Budget Introduced with Big Implications for Education and Fairer Tax Policies On Wednesday, Gov. Wes Moore unveiled a proposed fiscal year 2026 budget that would broadly address the $3 billion deficit, make big investments in public education, and create a new, fairer tax code to ease the burden on regular […]
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Session Starts with Imperative to Protect School Funding

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Commitment Required to Keep Public Education Priorities A nearly $3 billion fiscal year 2026 budget deficit looms over the General Assembly session that opened on Wednesday and will require continued commitment to public schools from the governor and the legislature. On Wednesday, Gov. Moore announced that the budget he will present […]
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Educators Organizing for Power

Allegany County Education Association Members organized for power and elected one of their endorsed board of education candidates, ousting an eight-year incumbent. The winning candidate worked closely with ACEA, collaborating on strategy and voter outreach. Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel literacy teachers were asked to take on significant increased workload by leading […]
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MSEA's 2025 Legislative Agenda

“The state is facing serious budget challenges going into the 2025 Legislative Assembly. We don’t yet know what threats from the new federal administration might have a uniquely disproportionate effect on Maryland’s economy, such as the possible loss of federal jobs (which employ 160,000 Maryland residents), federal funding for the Key Bridge and Baltimore’s new […]
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The Power of Our Union Has Never Been More Important

Elections have consequences. Sometimes those consequences are a perceived mandate from voters, as in 2012 to protect the Affordable Care Act at the national level or the DREAM Act and marriage equality at the state level. Or the overwhelming support realized for a governor committed to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, as in the elec­tion […]
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Commitment to Public Schools, Students, and Educators Drives Session Priorities

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS 2025 Legislative Session Pivotal for Marylanders, Educators, Students The 2025 legislative session, opening on January 8, will be pivotal for Marylanders, educators, and students. MSEA will look to elected officials to continue to build on the history of commitment to our public schools by the governor and the legislature, in the […]
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