Budgets and Budgeting

Harford council votes down exec's order but exec says action is illegal, will be ignored

2012-05-16 04:58:20

The fight over a fire and emergency medical services commission for Harford County raged on Tuesday night, as the Harford County Council unanimously struck down County Executive David Craig's executive order to create the commission, and Craig immediately...

House poised to approve income tax increase

2012-05-15 18:42:00

After beating back a series of challenges in the House of Delegates, lawmakers are poised to give final approval Wednesday to a plan to raise the state income tax to fund schools, police and Medicaid. The legislation, introduced Monday by Gov. Martin O'...

Laurel City Council unanimously passes $25.7 million budget

2012-05-15 11:17:00

The Laurel City Council, in a 4-0 vote, passed a $25.7 million budget for fiscal 2013 on Monday, a budget that holds the line on spending and does not raise taxes. Ward 1 council member Edward Ricks was not present for the vote. No residents spoke...

Alonso: School system cannot inherit rec centers, fund struggling youth programs

2012-05-15 15:11:00

Baltimore city CEO Andres Alonso told city council leaders Tuesday that the school system is not in the financial position to inherit recreation centers that are slated for closure in the city budget, after being peppered by council members about the...

Despite increase of 30 percent in two years, Harford council passes on public review of its own budget

2012-05-15 15:00:00

The Harford County Council has publicly reviewed the proposed 2013 budget of every county department, with one prominent exception: its own. Council administrator Pamela Meister and President Billy Boniface say they did not need to review the budget this...

Council members continue to hope for investigation into waste transfer station

2012-05-15 14:18:57

Several Harford County Council members remain concerned about the process behind the proposed waste transfer station in Joppa. Councilman Dion Guthrie said Tuesday he expected to introduce amendments during that evening's council meeting to remove the...

Harford to take $4.8 million hit in state aid

2012-05-15 13:43:00

If all goes as expected, the Maryland General Assembly will pass two bills Wednesday during the special legislative session in Annapolis that will increase income taxes for some and shift teacher pension costs to the counties. For Harford County, this...

Editorial: No limits

2012-05-15 12:06:00

Your mother no doubt told you that money doesn't grow on trees, but in Harford County many of us, including our elected officials, tend to think more in terms of another of those trite phrases: The streets are paved with gold. Well, maybe we should amend...

County funding for James Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund in question

2012-05-15 08:48:00

A nonprofit that helps procure financing for Howard County small businesses is facing its second straight year without county government funding — a loss board members say would essentially end the organization. "If we don't get the funding, we'...

Senate passes tax increase, pension shift

2012-05-15 09:30:00

The Maryland Senate passed an income tax increase and a shift of some of the cost of teacher pensions to the counties Tuesday, averting more than $500 million in so-called Doomsday budget cuts that otherwise would have taken effect July 1. On the...

Democratic tax plan faces challenge from within

2012-05-14 18:08:00

A carefully choreographed strategy to raise state income taxes to stave off so-called doomsday budget cuts faces a challenge in the General Assembly after several Democrats defied party leaders with a proposal to raise the sales tax instead. The...

Arundel budget hearing draws crowd to talk about schools

2012-05-14 21:14:00

At a crowded County Council budget hearing Monday night, Anne Arundel schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell asked those in the auditorium who had come to voice support for public education to stand. Nearly everyone stood, joining those already standing...

House Majority Leader M. Kirkland Cox, R-Colonial Heights, left, Sen. Charles J. Colgan, D-Prince william, center, and Del. Lacey E.

2012-04-18 13:55:00

delay its plan to balance the budget in 2013 for one year due to a weakening economic outlook, according to a draft document due to be approved by the cabinet of Prime Minister Mario Monti on Wednesday.

2012-04-18 00:00:00

The federal budget deficit for the first half of the fiscal year is $53 billion less than it was in the same period a year ago, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

2012-04-06 00:00:00