On May 22 House Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that will worsen hunger and strip health care coverage from millions of families to partially offset trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy. The bill now advances to the Senate. It
“I can’t breathe.” We know this simple phrase as the last words of George Floyd and Eric Garner, both while being slowly asphyxiated by police officers 1,200 miles and six years apart. That truth alone is devastating. But it is
The following letter was published in The Baltimore Sun Dec. 27. As the Sun’s Dec. 26 editorial correctly noted, the harm to Marylanders from the federal tax bill will go far beyond any tax increase some will experience (“What Maryland
Testimony of Maryland Center on Economic Policy Executive Director Benjamin Orr to the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission, Aug. 1, 2017. The effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed because the public overwhelmingly rejected the damaging core provisions
This election cycle has been hard on everyone. But now that it is over, we must look ahead to how potential changes in federal policies will affect Maryland. The new administration and Congress have the potential to significantly alter
Today marks one year since Freddie Gray’s death and, like many Baltimoreans, it is prompting me to reflect on the past year and where our city and our state are headed. In some ways, we have made a lot of
Some Maryland senators are advocating for tax giveaways to the wealthy and calling it “tax relief for everyone.” As appealing as that might be to some, it simply isn’t true. The package of tax changes approved in the Senate Budget
As leaders in Annapolis grapple with how best to support Maryland’s continued economic progress, both the governor and legislative leaders have said they want to lower taxes. The decisions they make could greatly affect the state’s future prosperity. So it’s important
Gov. Larry Hogan’s continued refusal to release available education funding is disproportionately hurting students of color throughout Maryland, putting those students at further disadvantage because they are more likely to attend schools that don’t have all the resources they need
“So often when we talk about business climate it devolves into a conversation about taxes, business taxes, what do we do about business taxes,” said Benjamin Orr, executive director of the Maryland Center for Economic Policy, a nonprofit which has
