February 13, 2015


		COUNTY PANEL: NEED FOR LOCAL ROAD FUNDING IS URGENT A panel of county officials testified in support of a multi-year restoration of Highway User Revenues in a Senate committee hearing. MACo Treasurer and Anne Arundel County Council Member Jerry Walker, Allegany County Commission President Bill Valentine, and Prince George's County Council Member Todd Turner served as panelists, detailing the loss of state revenues for locally-maintained roadways. (Read more)

Legislators Join Employees Union Against Pay Rollback and Agency Cuts MACo Leadership Meets with State Educators Union Maryland's Counties Maintain State's Aging School Facilities City School Funding Dilemma Sparks Funding Formula Debate Charles School Budget Seeks $25m Increase, Funding For Two Steps	Budget Secretary Brinkley Addresses MACo Legislative Committee Analysts Recommend New $25M Cut To Local Police� Aid MACo: Apply State and Local Hotel Taxes Fairly State Will Evaluate Local Income Tax Reserve Account DLS Presents Overview of State Aid to Local Governments	Acting Environment Secretary Grumbles Addresses MACo Legislative Committee Governor Hogan Introduces Stormwater Fee Repeal Legislation MACo Supports Stabilizing Support for State-Owned Lands MACo Defends Reasonable Charges for Complex GIS Data
Pretrial Appointed Attorneys Still in Courts Budget, For Now Report: Poor, Addicted and Mentally Ill Overcrowd Local Jails Lawmakers Target Heroin Dealers for Overdose Deaths Anne Arundel County Averages One Heroin Fatality a Week	Administration Introduces Legislation to Restore Local Share of Highway User Revenues Proposed Budget Language Limits Flexibility With Transportation Funds DLS Recommends $25 Million Cut to Offset Local Roads Funding	MACo Initiatives Hogan HUR Proposal Stormwater State Budget County Jails Education Funding Local Police Aid County Budget & Tax Survey
MACo Opposes State Tax Breaks On County Dime Barbera Delivers State of the Judiciary Address Bi-partisan Legislative Agenda Sets Sights on Heroin Legislation Would "Level the Playing Field" on Taxes Remitted For Hotel Rooms Fiscal 2016 Budget Documents and Analysis Available on MACo Website	What is in the President's 2016 Budget for Counties? Montgomery County Breaks Ground on New Public Safety Training Academy Baltimore County Council Creates Animal Services Advisory Commission Queen Anne's Formally Joins MACo OPEB Trust Local Governments Defend Notice Law for Pending Lawsuits	NACo 2015 County Achievement Awards Now Accepting Applications LGIT Body Camera Grant Aids Perryville Police Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Grants $115,000 to Maryland Nonprofits Board of Public Works - 2/18 Agenda MacArthur Foundation Offering Grants to Reduce Over-Incarceration in Local Jails

Dates to Remember:

MACo Summer Conference - August 12-15, 2015

Corporate Partner Profile:
Chesapeake Employers' Insurance

CHESAPEAKE EMPLOYERS' INSURANCE GRANTS $115,000 TO MARYLAND NONPROFITS

In recognition of its 100th birthday, the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company (CEIWC) has awarded $115,000 in grants to Maryland nonprofits. Click here to view the list of grant recipients.

CEIWC announced the recipients of its Bridge to the Future grant program to aid Maryland nonprofits that support workforce development for unemployed or underemployed Marylanders. CEIWC is a MACo Gold Corporate Partner.

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