He might cut. His budget includes money for the new hospital in Prince Georges County and the eastwest purple line project from new carolton to chevy chase. The budget does cut 2 from all state agencies. It cuts state Worker Compensation and benefits and reduces aid to education. In all, hogan says hes closed a 700 million budget gap. He briefed legislative leaders at the Governors Mansion today, the House Speaker and Senate President say there will be pushback from the democratic controlled legislature. There are a lot of issues that we have concerns with. State employees, education and health care would seem to take the brunt of the hits. Well starting tomorrow when legislators start getting through these pages and looking all the numbers, you know the budget battles will begin. Now, they have until the 83rd day of the legislative session. Thats april 6th this year to a budget. The legislature cannot add any money. They can only move things around or do additional cuts. In annapolis,