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New Report Shows Benefits of Paid Sick Leave for Maryland Families, Economy

November 30, 2017 by Kali Schumitz
About 488,000 Marylanders would gain paid sick leave and thousands more would gain new workplace protections under the final version read more

Study: 31 percent of Marylanders would pay more under Trump tax plan – The Baltimore Sun

October 4, 2017 by MDCEP
By John Fritze About 31 percent of Maryland households would pay a higher tax bill and roughly two-thirds would receive read more

GOP tax plan: A windfall for Maryland’s top 1 percent while many others see a tax hike

October 4, 2017 by Kali Schumitz
Nearly one-third of Marylanders would see their federal taxes go up while the wealthiest few would get massive tax breaks read more

Trump, GOP outline proposal to lower, simplify taxes – The Baltimore Sun

September 28, 2017 by MDCEP
By John Fritze resident Donald Trump outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to lower corporate taxes and simplify the rules for read more

Census: Frederick County outranks state, nation on economic indicators – Frederick News-Post

September 23, 2017 by MDCEP
By Nancy Lavin Frederick County continues to enjoy favorable economic conditions compared to the state and nation, according to the read more

Graham-Cassidy is bad for Maryland, and the whole country – The Baltimore Sun

September 21, 2017 by Kali Schumitz
Read the original letter in The Baltimore Sun. We at the Maryland Health Care For All Coalition commend our two read more

To Set Up All Children for Success, Maryland Must Reform Education Funding

September 14, 2017 by Kali Schumitz
  Maryland’s public school system is failing too many of its students because our investments in education have not kept read more

New analysis says Metro sales tax would unfairly burden poor families, suggests new tax on businesses – Washington Business Journal

August 29, 2017 by MDCEP
By Drew Hansen A regionwide sales tax to fund Metro would disproportionally burden Greater Washington’s poor families, according to a read more

Ahead of regional summit, left-leaning policy groups say ‘No’ to a sales tax for Metro – The Washington Post

August 29, 2017 by MDCEP
By Faiz Siddiqui A regionwide one-cent sales tax to fund Metro would have a disproportionate impact on poor families, taking read more

Sales Tax is an Unfair Way to Fix Metro

August 28, 2017 by Kali Schumitz
New research shows a sales tax has 5 times greater impact on struggling families than on the richest A 1 read more
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