Five weeks after ending their regular 90-day session, members of the Maryland General Assembly come back to Annapolis today for a special session that is expected to last three days.
Lawmakers are expected to consider a series of tax changes and spending cuts to cut 500-million off of the state's strucutral deficit, and avoid what Democrats call a "doomsday budget."
Governor Martin O'Malley and other Democrats say the "doomsday budget" would have cut $512-million in public school, higher education and public safety spending. It also would have included the layoff of 500 state workers.
WONDER HOW THE STATE OF mD GOT IN THIS POSITION?
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