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Sustaining Strong Communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore – Overview and Profile

September 26, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a place with significant assets including natural beauty, productive farmland, and an iconic seafood industry. The read more

Maryland Can Afford to Invest in the Pillars of our Economy

September 20, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
Marylanders are faced with important choices about what kind of state we will be. We have a growing backlog of read more

Budgeting For Opportunity

July 24, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
How Our Fiscal Policy Choices Can Remove Barriers Facing Marylanders of Color and Advance Shared Prosperity By Christopher Meyer Maryland’s read more

Supreme Court Decision Limiting Unions is Bad News for Maryland’s Economy

July 5, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
Maryland’s strong laws protecting workers’ rights to come together and negotiate for better wages and working conditions have helped raise read more

After Billions in Real Estate Tax Giveaways, Taking Away Families’ Housing Assistance Is the Wrong Choice

June 14, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
Photo by Ser Amantio di Nicolao via Creative Commons The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have proposed major changes read more

Recent Floods Highlight the Importance of Infrastructure Investment and Smart Growth in Maryland

June 8, 2018 by Ellen Hutton
Over the last month, communities across Maryland have been ravaged by flooding. First Frederick and parts of Southern Maryland were read more

Maryland Should Build on its Past Success in Reducing Incarceration

May 31, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
The number of people confined in Maryland prisons declined by 10 percent in 2017, a steeper drop than in any read more

No Cause for Panic in Montgomery County

May 10, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
A recent report on Montgomery County’s economic outlook painted a misleadingly bleak picture and prompted misguided calls for tax cuts read more

Work Requirements Don’t Work – SNAP Proposal Would Leave Thousands Struggling to Afford Food

April 27, 2018 by Shamekka Kuykendall
Thousands of Marylanders would have a harder time affording sufficient, healthy food under provisions in the proposed federal Agriculture and read more

2018 Legislation Largely Improved Maryland’s Tax Code

April 25, 2018 by Christopher Meyer
Maryland lawmakers made significant—and mostly positive—changes to our state tax code in the recently concluded legislative session. Although many observers read more
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