Gov. Wes Moore’s office has extended an agreement to employ outside consultants to help track the influx of executive orders and other policy changes coming down from President Donald Trump’s White House.
County government leaders knew that Maryland’s fiscal 2026 budget season would be a tough one. With a nearly $3 billion deficit looming, Gov. Wes Moore proposed about $2 billion in cuts in his budget earlier this month,
Gov. Wes Moore on Monday said that Maryland will follow the Constitution regarding President Donald Trump’s commitment to deport people who have entered the country illegally.
Gov. Wes Moore is criticizing President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze $3 trillion in federal spending, a freeze that was halted by a federal judge on Tuesday. Moore says the decision could impact billions of dollars coming into Maryland.
A notice from the Trump Administration calling for a temporary pause in federal grant and loan programs sent state leaders scrambling Tuesday as the uncertainty
Governor Wes Moore expressed strong disapproval on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s decision to freeze federal funding for several state and local programs. The freeze, which halts the disbursement of certain federal funds,
"The decisions that [were] made today do not make sense," said Moore to a crowd of a reporters in the hallway of an Annapolis church.
Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal could elevate the personal income tax rate for Maryland’s highest earners to one of the highest in the region, a recent policy study finds.
Senate Minority Whip Justin Ready says “every Marylander will pay more in some sort of tax or fee combined under this budget” that’s been proposed by Gov. Wes Moore.
Moore has said the state will face difficult choices in handling its worst financial crisis in 20 years, leading to shortfalls that could reach nearly $6 billion by 2030.
Gov. Moore is aiming to produce $50 million in savings for the state in the current fiscal year. And that's on top of his plan for $2 billion in cuts.
Despite billions in reported tax cuts and program reductions, House and Senate Republicans on Thursday said the Moore administration's proposed fiscal 2026 budget "is still a massive tax-and-spend budget.