Published 2 days ago • loading... • Updated 6 hours ago

Mayor defends tax and fee hikes to cover $85 million budget gap

Summary by The Business Journals

Mayor Brandon Scott is leaning on a variety of new taxes and fees to plug an $85 million hole in Baltimore's fiscal 2026 budget.

10 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

atr.org

Right

Democrat Governor Wes Moore’s Budget Includes 25 New Taxes - Americans for Tax Reform

Last week, Gov. Wes Moore announced his agreement for the state’s FY 2026 budget, which included an astonishing 25 new taxes. Designed to address Maryland’s $3 billion shortfall, the budget generates a billion in revenue for the notoriously wasteful state and supposedly cuts around $2.3 billion, though that claim has not been independently verified, nor have MD democrats released evidence supporting their assertion. Nevertheless, the budget pa…

6 hours ago

Read Full Article

WBAL-TV

Center

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott releases proposed budget

The budget plan includes investments in everything from timely trash collection to opioid response efforts, with a plan to make up for an $85 million deficit.

22 hours ago·Baltimore, United States

Read Full Article

The Baltimore Sun

Center

City, state to spend $50 million this year rehabbing Baltimore’s vacants

At Gold Street Park Wednesday, standing in front of a recently renovated block of rowhomes with still-vacant rowhomes in the distance — their windows covered by plywood and doors blocked off by chain-link fencing — city, state and local leaders gathered to share a message of hope for Baltimore City’s vacant homes: We can fix this. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman and state Department of Housing and Community Dev…

23 hours ago·Baltimore, United States

Read Full Article

The Business Journals

Center

Mayor defends tax and fee hikes to cover $85 million budget gap

Mayor Brandon Scott is leaning on a variety of new taxes and fees to plug an $85 million hole in Baltimore's fiscal 2026 budget.

1 day ago·United States

Read Full Article

Capital Gazette

Lean Left

Mayor Brandon Scott releases budget plan to close Baltimore’s $85M deficit for FY 2026

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott unveiled Wednesday his $4.6 billion budget plan to close the city’s $85 million deficit for the upcoming 2026 fiscal year. The mayor’s proposal seeks to fill the gap between revenues and expenditures by increasing fees on landfill use, emergency medical services transports and ride-sharing/taxi trips while cutting costs across city agencies. The proposal does not increase property taxes, which the mayor has sought t…

1 day ago·Annapolis, United States

Read Full Article

The Baltimore Banner

Lean Left

Brandon Scott’s $4.6B Baltimore spending plan could be scrambled by Trump cuts

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposed $4.6 billion budget accounts for millions less in state and federal dollars next year, but the plan could still change substantially depending on the whims of President Donald Trump, officials said this week.

1 day ago

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year