Thursday, February 28, 2013
Mandated federal budget cuts, if not averted, could impact the large federal presence in Maryland.
Maryland's congressional Democrats are taking to Twitter Thursday afternoon to talk about the coming sequestration cuts to federal budgets. The cuts, equally split between defense and non-defense spending, could have a large impact on Maryland if not averted. Civil employees could be furloughed a day per pay period, and the cuts would also impact work at military bases in Maryland, including at Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground. In Elkridge on Wednesday, Gov. Martin O'Malley said sequestration could cost 12,000 jobs in Maryland. The town hall from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday will be held on the hashtag #AskMDDems and questions and answers will be posted on the delegation's own Twitter feed. We will be following the responses and updating …
Monday, December 5, 2011
University of Maryland's acrobatics and tumbling team, pioneers in the sport, is among those cut due to athletic budget crisis.
Acrobatics and tumbling athletes at the University of Maryland are used to convincing people that they are more than just cheerleaders. Now they’ll have to convince people that their program is one worth saving. The team was shocked to hear they were among those cut to help bring the UMd. athletic budget into balance. But it’s not just important to the Terp athletes that acrobatics and tumbling team remain at UMd.; it’s crucial for the overall success of the sport, Coach Laura Chiriaco said. The Terrapin program has arguably pioneered the rising status of the sport with its successes both on and off the mat. Last year, the coaches of UMd. formed the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA), a non-profit organization …
Friday, November 25, 2011
The loss of the University of Maryland men's running program could hurt the school's overall graduation success rate for athletes.
With both his parents University of Maryland alumni, O’Leary was raised as a Terps fan, watching basketball games on TV and on campus with his family. He initially wanted to play basketball until he realized he was a runner. So, when O’Leary was recruited as a walk-on to the cross country and track and field teams at UMd. in 2010, it looked as though he was getting all he’d hoped for. However, after only one season on the teams, O’Leary, a sophomore marketing major, learned on Monday that the men’s cross country and track and field programs are among those that have been cut in an effort to bring the university’s athletic program out of the red. The team worked hard to rally support for their program, starting a Facebook page that has …
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Pipkin: Governor "spells out a world where the pie’s not big enough and the revenue is not big enough."
Gov. Martin O’Malley warned county leaders to be ready for more state budget cuts and possibly tax increases when the General Assembly meets in January. “We will all have to be open to more cuts, and at the same time—to protect our children’s future—we must be open to new revenues,” O’Malley said Saturday in a nearly 25 minute speech to county leaders at the Maryland Association of Counties conference in Ocean City. "One year I hope to be able to come before you and proclaim a return to full employment, a restoration of all highway user dollars and other state grants," O'Malley said. "One year I hope to come here and proclaim the existence of a giant, deficit-slaying surplus. But that year isn't this year." The governor met with county …
Roland
10:55 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Of course the democraps had nothing to do with the coming sequestration cuts. It's all the rethuglicans fault. congress is the worst enemy America has.... more ›