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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was elected mayor of Baltimore. She took over the office after former Mayor Sheila Dixon was forced to resign.

Rawlings-Blake Testifies At Union Pension Trial

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says her administration’s overhaul of the fire and police pension plan in 2010 was done for the good of the city.

2012/02/03

O’Malley Discusses Shift Of Pension Costs In Md.

Gov. Martin O’Malley has decided to shift some teacher pension costs to Maryland counties, the president of the Maryland Senate said Tuesday, describing it as coupling the state’s second-highest-single-year funding level in school construction with a long-debated change in how the state pays teacher pension costs.

2012/01/17

3 Indicted In Theft Scheme From Pension Plan

Three Maryland men have been indicted in an alleged conspiracy to steal nearly $10 million from a Vienna-based company’s employee pension plan through a series of bad mortgage loans.

2011/12/15

Md. Pension Panel Makes Final Recommendations

A state commission voted Thursday to seek an attorney general’s opinion on whether Maryland law would allow the state to reduce cost-of-living adjustments for retirees.

2011/07/07

Legislature To Vote On New State Retirement Plan

Major changes will be coming to 350,000 state workers and retirees. The state doesn’t have enough money to pay what it promised to its retirees.

2011/04/06

Md. Lawmakers Agree On Pension Reform

Maryland lawmakers agreed Monday to state pension and retiree health benefit reforms needed to start addressing huge unfunded liabilities that would pose future financial problems if left unaddressed.

2011/04/04

Md. Lawmakers Settle Pension Differences

A panel of Maryland lawmakers has settled pension and prescription drug differences between the House of Delegates and Senate.

2011/04/04

Md. Budget Advances In House Of Delegates

Maryland’s budget is coming before the House of Delegates.

2011/03/23

House Committee Approves More Cuts, Fee Increases

The Maryland House Appropriations Committee approved an array of budget cuts and fee increases Friday night to restore much of the education money that was targeted under Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget proposal.

2011/03/18

Md. House Panel Will Examine Pension Proposals

A group of House lawmakers are looking over proposals to reform Maryland’s pension system.

2011/03/17

Thousands Rally While Governor Considers Cuts To Keep State Moving

Maryland’s top leaders are crunching the numbers to keep the state moving. Budget talks in Annapolis are heating up again. Thousands of protesters rallied against planned cuts to state worker benefits in Annapolis Monday.

2011/03/15

Md. House Committee Holds Hearing On Pensions

A proposal to increase Maryland state employees’ pension contribution rate from 5 percent to 7 percent is getting a hearing before a House of Delegates committee.

2011/02/22

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