ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — Gov. Wes Moore will unveil his proposal to close the state’s nearly $3 billion budget deficit, but depending on who you talk to, the reason why Maryland is facing the massive financial hole is up for debate.
When lawmakers arrived back at the State House on the first day of session, there had already been talk about how the General Assembly and Gov. Moore would address the looming budget crisis. Gov. Moore said in an interview that he planned to introduce $2 billion in cuts, leaving the additional $1 billion to make up the difference a big unanswered question in Annapolis. Republicans, however, were quick to point to their counterparts on the other side of the aisle.
“This is a self-inflicted wound. We are very much aware of what was going on,” Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey during an interview of FOX45 News In Depth. “The policies that we are talking about right now, that have cost us and put us in this position, many of them were vetoed by Gov. Hogan, overridden by the general assembly. Now we are paying the price for it.”…