By Matt Gallagher, Chief of Staff Yesterday, Governor Martin O’Malley delivered his State of the State address focused on the better choices we’ve made together to deliver results and nearly eliminate the inherited $1.7 billion structural deficit while maintaining our Triple A bond rating. We wanted to break down an excerpt of the speech and Read the Rest…
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Better Choices Deconstructed, January 31st, 2013
Fiscal Responsibility, January 17th, 2013
By Raquel Guillory, Director of Communications Yesterday, the Governor unveiled a fiscally responsible budget that continues record cuts while protecting our Triple A bond rating and investing in key priorities like education and job creation. By using a balanced approach, we’re on the verge of eliminating the $1.7 billion deficit that we inherited in 2007. These graphs Read the Rest…
Governor Martin O’Malley Unveils FY2014 Budget Focused on Jobs, Opportunity and Security, January 16th, 2013
Capital budget supports over 43,000 jobs rebuilding Maryland’s roads, schools, bridges, community colleges, and other projects Fiscally responsible budget that preserves Maryland’s Triple A Bond rating and protects shared priorities through a balanced approach ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Martin O’Malley today, joined by Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown and Department of Budget and Management Secretary Read the Rest…
The Most Important Meal of the Day, December 10th, 2012
In this “People Behind the Policies” blog, a Principal talks about his experiences with implementing breakfast within her school and how it relates to our goal to end childhood hunger in Maryland by 2015. “The Most Important Meal of the Day” Hunger is thought to be a third-world problem, but the reality that 1 in Read the Rest…
Facts about Maryland’s Education Investments, November 14th, 2012
By Rick Abbruzzese, Director of Public Affairs In honor of American Education Week, we wanted to share these charts with facts about Maryland’s continued commitment to public education. We also wanted to thank the Maryland State Education Association and the National Education Association for their help in upholding Maryland’s marriage equality and Dream Act laws. K-12 Education Read the Rest…
Record Investments and Achievement, October 11th, 2012
The most important investments we make as a people are investments in public education. That’s why, even in the toughest of times, together, we’ve chosen to increase school funding 45% since 2006. To get our children out of temporary learning shacks and into state-of-the-art classrooms, we’ve invested over $2 billion in school construction. To make college Read the Rest…
Maryland: A Hotbed for Startups, September 27th, 2012
By Raquel Guillory, Director of Communications We wanted to share this blog from the co-chairs of Startup Maryland where they talk about their experiences on the first-ever “Pitch Across Maryland” tour meeting entrepreneurs and discovering all that the State of Maryland has to offer for small businesses and startups. Contributed jointly by Startup Maryland Board Co-Chairs Julie Lenzer Read the Rest…
Maryland chooses to innovate for a brighter future, September 24th, 2012
By Raquel Guillory, Director of Communications In case you missed it, we wanted to share this oped in the Washington Post from our Secretary of the Department of Business and Economic Development on how Maryland continues to invest in innovation to make our children winners in the new economy. Maryland chooses to innovate for a Read the Rest…
WSJ Cherry-Picking: Facts vs. Myth, August 28th, 2012
By Rick Abbruzzese Over the weekend, Stephen Moore, a longtime supporter of the Koch brothers and former President of Republican fundraising group, Club for Growth, penned a borderline fictional op-ed in The Wall Street Journal comparing Governor O’Malley to Virginia’s Governor McDonnell. While accusing Governor O’Malley of “cherry-picking” data, it turns out that Moore cherry-picked his facts. Facts Read the Rest…
More Record Achievement, July 16th, 2012
Today, a new report out from the Harvard Kennedy School confirmed what we already know: Maryland students continue to lead the nation. According to its report, Maryland led the country in the growth in student achievement between 1992 and 2011. Maryland’s economy is an Innovation Economy and we know that investments that improve the education Read the Rest…
