Though – depending on who you ask — Maryland may or may not be dubbed “business friendly” by the assorted organizations that compile state business climate rankings, in fact the state does stand out on one important measure: the value
Benjamin Orr is the executive director of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy. A Baltimore resident, he said his drive to work reminds him of his time living in St. Louis, another city that experience an explosion of protest and
Maryland legislators now have a little more time to finish funding education and other important services, but the gap between them and the governor remains wide. One of those gaps is over funding for education and health care. The General
Governor Hogan is taking an approach to the state’s finances that threatens economic recovery and does too little to help families that struggle to make ends meet. The legislature’s top policy analyst, Warren Deschenaux, even went so far as to
While Maryland lawmakers gave low-income working families a helping hand recently by increasing a key tax credit, they need to go a step further and make sure that more workers are eligible for the credit, regardless of whether they are
Maryland Hunger Solutions, the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, and the Maryland State Department of Education presented Somerset County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. John Gaddis and Somerset County Public School Food and Nutrition Services Manager Helen Riggins with “Hunger-Free School”
Wages going up for some Marylanders, while falling for others, what this means for the region. Host Jeff Salkin interviews MDCEP’s Executive Director Benjamin Orr. http://video.mpt.tv/video/2365295751/
Increasing Maryland’s Refundable EIC Would Reduce Inequality Given before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee The Maryland Center on Economic Policy supports House Bill 198, expanding the state refundable earned income credit (REIC) to 28 percent over four years. Maryland
March 6, 2014 Contact: 410-412-9105 ext. 700 or borr@mdeconomy.org Benjamin Orr, Executive Director of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, issued the following statement today in response to new projections from the state Board of Revenue Estimates: Today’s significantly lower
The estate tax is a small but important part of Maryland’s revenue system. It raised $182 million in Fiscal Year 2013.[i] The money goes toward schools, hospitals, safe communities, and many essential services across the state that help create jobs
