public finance

The Republicans are euphoric about their recent election victory and Democrats counter touting lower unemployment numbers under their leadership. However neither Congress nor the president will touch our actual problems: flawed debt and trade policies.

In the aftermath of Republican Larry Hogan's victory in the governor's race on an anti-tax message, fiscally conservative politicians from both parties are pressing to cut taxes and fees.

Ehrlich ignores red state 'takers' and deficit reduction under Obama

Republicans should focus less on Ebola and more on their current epidemic: Empathy deficit disorder.

Loyola Blakefield used a few tweaks instead of a complete overhaul of its lineup to turn the tables on St. Paul's on Friday evening in Towson. After falling to the Crusaders late last month, 3-2, the Dons rallied from an 11-6 deficit in the third set to pull out a 25-23 verdict and a 3-0 sweep.

Parents and community members voiced a need for upgraded school facilities in Baltimore County public schools at a Southwest Education Advisory Council pre-budget hearing held Wednesday night, Oct. 15 at Woodlawn High School.

There is no justification for high per-student government subsidies at elite private universities

The state legislative auditing report found that Anne Arundel and Carroll community college were carrying million-dollar, unrestricted-fund deficits in Fiscal Year 2013 due in part to shortfalls in their retirement benefit coffers.

Maryland's budget problem is a spending problem.

Anne Arundel County's board of education approved Superintendent George Arlotto's $163.4 million FY 2016 capital budget as the district coincidentally prepares to redistrict elementary schools in Annapolis

George Arlotto on Wednesday became the third Anne Arundel County superintendent in as many years to submit a capital budget proposal and says working within the school system for ten years helped him hammer out a $163.4 million request.

After surrendering a pair of first-inning runs to the Williamsport Crosscutters Monday night, the Aberdeen IronBirds came back with a four-run rally in the sixth that helped them to a 6-3 road win.

Congress returns to work Monday facing a tight deadline to fund highway and road projects across the country, an election-year scramble that has injected uncertainty into state and local construction plans at the start of the summer driving season.

The Annapolis City Council adopted a $96.5 million operating budget early Tuesday morning that lays off seven employees, increases a tax on businesses and increases some parking fines.

Latest report shows state's lackluster GDP is not the fault of high taxes or regulations but reduced federal government spending

The members of Harford Community College's Board of Trustees voted 5-0 Tuesday evening in favor of a $48.1 million operating budget and a $2.1 million capital budget and capital improvement plan for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

The trustees, however, will never be able to make the fine balance called for without first having a much firmer grasp of the details of where the money is coming from, and where it is being spent.

The chairman of Harford Community College's Board of Trustees put things bluntly Tuesday evening: the college has a "structural deficit" in the gap between revenues and expenses that it must cover with funds from its cash reserves, and college officials must take strong measures to get rid of that deficit.

A budget that focuses on proactive ways in which we can reduce the incidence of disease, disorder and calamity holds more promise from a humanity and cost efficiency perspective than might be imagined. In all domains, problems can be avoided rather than addressed retroactively

The nation suffers from more than a federal deficit. Studies by congressional and scientific panels repeatedly warn of an "innovation deficit" that weakens our technological edge. Decades of strong federal support for university research and education helped America prevail in the Cold War and fueled prosperity.

A project to build a new Elkridge branch of the Howard County Library System is set to receive more funding in County Executive Ken Ulman's proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 than previously announced.