Del. Bouchat seeks to end Maryland’s vehicle emissions inspection program

Del. Christopher Bouchat plans to introduce legislation in the 2026 General Assembly session to eliminate Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program, also known as VEIP, calling the
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Deficit Drives Elimination of 500+ Maryland Jobs

The Maryland Board of Public Works on Oct. 22, 2025, approved the elimination of 502 state government positions to address ongoing fiscal shortfalls driven by federal policy changes. The unanimous vote by the three-member board — comprising Gov.

Board of Public Works approves cutting 500 state jobs to reduce budget deficit

The Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved eliminating about 500 vacant state positions to help address the state's budget deficit, according to the board's meeting agenda for Wednesday.

Maryland offers tax payment relief to federal workers during shutdown

Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman announced that federal employees with existing state tax payment plans can defer their payments until after the government reopens. Lierman said the move is intended to ease the financial strain on federal workers who have gone weeks without pay as the budget impasse in Washington drags on.
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‘That’s not governance’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore calls for shutdown negotiations, budget changes

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday called for federal lawmakers to negotiate, to focus on providing “basic functions” for people, rather than accepting a government shutdown. Congress has until midnight on Sept. 30 to avoid a federal shutdown.

Frustration boils after Maryland mistakenly issued double payments to workers who took buyouts

Maryland officials are advising those who received the excess funds not to touch the extra money in their accounts, which will be taken back automatically.
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Wes Moore’s First Budget Depends On Tax Recently Struck Down In Court

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. The current state budget in Maryland, which Governor Wes Moore (D-Md.) signed into law in May, assumes that the state’s ...
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Former top Senate aide Weissmann to take over as next budget secretary

Yaakov "Jake" Weissmann at his 2024 confirmation hearing before the Senate Executive Nominations Committee. (File photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters) A former senior aide to two state Senate leaders is returning to Annapolis, this time as the new ...
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Moore nominates Jake Weissmann as MD budget secretary

Gov. Wes Moore announced the appointment of Yaakov “Jake” Weissmann as Acting Secretary of the Maryland Department of Budget and Management, a position most recently held by Helene Grady, who resigned in August. Weissmann, a graduate of the University ...
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