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State Roundup: Legislature OKs $52.4 billion budget targeted at Covid recovery; wrangling continues over police reform


State Roundup: Legislature OKs $52.4 billion budget targeted at Covid recovery; wrangling continues over police reform
House of Delegates March 2021, MarylandReporter.com photo
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OKs $52.4B BUDGET: Danielle Gaines of Maryland Matters reports that the Maryland General Assembly gave final approval Friday to a $52.4 billion budget that House Appropriations Chairwoman Maggie L. McIntosh (D-Baltimore City) said is worthy of a moniker: “I call this The Recovery Act,” she said.
Only in 2021, perhaps, could approval of a massive state budget fattened by federal aid to help struggling businesses and families go by with barely a remark in the General Assembly. “It’s been like ‘small ball’ this year to pass the budget,” Senate President Bill Ferguson said as his chamber voted Friday to put the finishing touches on the $52 billion spending plan, up from a $49 billion proposal made in January, Pamela Wood and Bryn Stole report in the Sun. ....

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Ferguson, Jones Become Money Magnets


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January 22, 2021
Two years ago, Del. Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) and state Sen. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) were the legislative equivalent of middle managers solid citizens with considerable responsibilities, but not at the center of leadership.
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Their campaign treasuries reflected that: Ferguson in January 2019 had $70,341 cash on hand; Jones reported $45,002 in the bank.
But then an earthquake struck the Maryland political world: On May Day of 2019, Jones became speaker of the House, and Ferguson was nominated to become Senate president that fall. He officially took over last January. Both succeeded record-setting leaders.
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Not surprisingly, the new presiding officers fundraising totals took off. Jones reported raising $758,999 between January 2019 and January 2020; Ferguson collected $794,198 over the same period. ....

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