Published on Friday, May 24, 2013

The news came like a blindside hit on the quarterback: Three days after the Ravens won the Super Bowl in February, independent financial analysts released a report predicting that Baltimore was on collision course with “financial ruin.”

Published on Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Maryland Public Policy Institute today issued the following statement in advance of the Baltimore City Council’s hearings on Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s pension reform plan.

Published on Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Maryland Reporter’s third annual report on state salaries found that 5,663 state employees pulled in $100,000 or greater in 2012 — about 6 percent of total state employees.

Published on Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Sequestration is beginning to inflict real pain on America; so say government spokesmen and special interest groups inside the Beltway.

Published on Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Filming of the second season of the Netflix production "House of Cards" began in the Baltimore area Monday, and with it came an announcement from Gov. Martin O'Malley that the first season of the political thriller starring Kevin Spacey had brought $140 million in economic impact and 2,200 jobs to the state.

Published on Friday, April 19, 2013

Rhode Island paid among the lowest pension fund investment management fees in the country in 2010 under General Treasurer Frank Caprio, according to a report issued by the Maryland Public Policy Institute

Published on Thursday, April 18, 2013

President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal does something that has seemed impossible in recent years: it cuts spending and forges political compromise (on one issue at least). For a fleeting moment, the magical feeling of bipartisanship has descended over Pennsylvania Avenue and lawmakers are crowing to the media that common sense and pragmatism have won the day.

Published on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

President Obama and some lawmakers in Washington and Annapolis have called for increasing the minimum wage, saying it would help the working poor.

Published on Monday, April 08, 2013

The Maryland Public Policy Institute today issued the following statement on the passing of Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Published on Thursday, April 04, 2013

With state government spending soaring 32 percent in seven years, the Maryland Public Policy Institute today renewed its call to replace a politicized state spending committee that is charged with limiting spending growth.  The Institute’s latest report comes as the Maryland General Assembly finalizes next year’s budget, which will spend an unprecedented $37 billion.