When Larry Hogan and Boyd Rutherford took the helm in Annapolis on January 21^st, they inherited an approximate $1.2 billion shortfall in revenues. Cutting spending in order to balance next year’s budget will be the name of the game in the short-run, but what about actually solving the state’s real fiscal problems and restoring long-term solvency to the state?

Over the years, the Maryland Public Policy Institute (MPPI) has published reports that could save the state more than enough money to save this sinking ship—and prove to this blue state that a Republican governor is capable of much more than just “painful cuts” to public services.