News in Baltimore
Maryland fiscal leaders bump state revenue estimate, $3B budget shortfall still to come
The Maryland Board of Revenue Estimates raised its last earnings estimate by $320 million, bringing the state’s total anticipated revenue to more than $27.4 billion. But that’s a 1% decline compared to last fiscal year, and a multi-billion-dollar structural deficit is still…
Maryland missing out on $42 million in Medicaid payments
Over the last four years, Maryland has missed out on about $42 million in Medicaid payments from local health departments and providers, according to a new Office of Legislative Audits report evaluating the Maryland Department of Health’s Inspector General.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore creates data center review task force, wants to end tax exemption
Gov. Moore signed an executive order Wednesday that creates the Maryland Data Center Accountability Task Force, which will judge new projects based on energy demand and community impact. He is also asking the state legislature to repeal the Data Center Sales and Use Tax…
After three police killings last summer, Baltimore proposes new city agency for responding to behavioral health emergencies
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and City Council President Zeke Cohen announced on September 14 their answer to the deadly gaps in Baltimore’s behavioral health crisis response system: a third branch of the city’s public safety infrastructure, known as the Department of…
What Milwaukee can learn from Baltimore’s community policing plan
As Milwaukee develops a community policing plan, Baltimore offers lessons on what the approach can look like as well as where it could fall short.
Maryland health insurance subsidies helped mitigate federal cuts but more revenue is needed
President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill, changes to Medicaid and qualified health plans and Congress’s decision not to extend premium tax credits have pushed tens of thousands of Marylanders off their health insurance. Health officials are determining if and how they can fill in…
TPS terminations continue to impact Maryland’s immigrant community, El Salvador’s status in limbo
The Trump administration has ended immigration Temporary Protected Status for over a dozen countries, and now El Salvador’s status is uncertain. Immigration group We Are CASA is calling the terminations “the largest de-documentation effort in U.S. history.”