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Welcome to the Annapolis Report: A Review of the 2009 Legislative Session. We hope you will find the following report to be useful and informative, and that it will help you gain a better understanding of what transpired during Maryland's 2009 legislative session.
The session began on January 14 and ended on April 13. During those 90 days, more than 2,600 bills were introduced, and more than 700 bills were passed by the General Assembly. The sheer volume of information combined with the complexity of many bills presents a formidable obstacle to interested citizens. Most Marylanders have neither time nor resources to examine all of the issues dealt with during the legislative session. Newspapers, television reporting, and talk radio all do their part to close this knowledge gap, but these media often focus only on the most popular issues of the day. This report aims to further reduce the knowledge gap by examining many of this year's important legislative issues in closer detail than is possible with other media.
4/21/2009
Economic Growth and the Maryland Tax Code
The recent surge in government spending is the primary obstacle blocking Maryland's ability to improve its overall economic competitiveness. This growth trend is a troubling sign if it is not reversed through sound fiscal reform. Implementing successful tax reform depends upon reining in the recent acceleration in the growth of government in Maryland.
2/2/2010
What O'Malley's 'State of the State' should say
Two leitmotifs of Gov. Martin O'Malley's speeches this year are: Things are not as bad in Maryland as they are in other states; and Maryland needs more help from Washington.
If he draws from that rhetorical playbook at his "State of the State" speech today, he will come off as uninspiring and rudderless. Who wants to follow a leader who defines himself only by how others perform?
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