County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg, Chair of the council’s Management and Fiscal Policy Committee, has taken a strong stand against the state’s budget cuts to disability programs. Following is her…
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Disability Advocates Fight Back Against Cuts
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Three Local Aid Questions
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Here’s three questions about the Governor’s local aid cuts that should interest everyone who lives outside the City of Baltimore and Prince George’s County.1. Why was police aid cut by…
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The O’Malley administration just announced $454 million in new cuts, of which $210 million consisted of cuts in local aid. The aid cuts stripped $20.1 million from local health programs,…
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Part Three: Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes Through Combined Reporting. By Delegate Saqib Ali (D-39). Our State Government’s revenues are in a free-fall. And the budget has been in distress for…
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One Helluva Week
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Who says August is a slow news month? This past week may have been the worst for the state’s Democrats since Kathleen Kennedy Townsend lost to Bob Ehrlich. Consider the…
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By Laura Howell, Executive Director, Maryland Association for Community Services. This week, in the sweltering August heat, hundreds of Marylanders, including people with developmental disabilities, aging caregivers, direct support staff,…
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MACO Mushroom Cloud (Updated)
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At present, about 75% of all traffic to this site consists of direct entries to “Pols Party While Budget Burns.” The post has now been linked by WBAL, the Ron…
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The MACO Moment (Updated)
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Blog traffic is burning up over the party-time photos from last week’s Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) meeting. This is turning into one hot August.First of all, let’s make one…
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By Laura Howell, Executive Director, Maryland Association for Community Services. Developmental disabilities, like Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Autism, begin in childhood and prevent people from living independently without substantial…