The rollout showed how — and how fast — the political newcomer plans to deploy the state’s resources in service of an ambitious agenda.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday proposed a $63.1 billion spending plan that accelerates the minimum wage to $15 an hour, expands eligibility for the child care tax credit, permanently extends aIssued two days after Moore took office, the proposal relies on surplus funds the state accrued in recent years.
A proposed $500 million boost for education, which is above mandated amounts, would help implement a massive education reform plan passed by the Democratic legislature three years ago. The budget does not specify how a In December, outgoing governor Larry Hogan urged the incoming governor to be judicious and not to rely too heavily on the state’s
Guy Guzzone , the State Senate’s Budget and Taxation chairman, said Friday that the legislature will probably only use its new power occasionally or may not use it at all.
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