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Big Budget Deficit Faces Maryland Lawmakers

By Don Rush

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Annapolis, MD – With a looming $1.6 billion budget deficit, Maryland lawmakers gathered in Annapolis to open their 2011 legislative session. During Marc Steiner's annual legislative Summit program sponsored by WEAA FM and the Baltimore Business Journals, Governor Martin O'Malley and the two top legislative leaders agreed the state would be in for some deep cuts in state services.