Lawmakers hunt ways to fund added health care
“Everyone wants to expand health insurance; the only problem is figuring out how to pay for it,” said Ronald W. Wineholt, vice president of government affairs at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

Budget analysts say state faces tough economic times
“You can keep digging or start filling in the hole,” Warren Deschenaux, the State’s chief budget analyst, said. But there is no question that “revenues are on a rather austere path” and “the hole will get deeper.”

O’Malley presents centrist agenda
Legislative leaders of both parties said the governor’s package is likely to win broad support.

O’Malley Backs Md. ‘Clean Car’ Initiative
O’Malley’s announcement supporting “clean car” legislation added significant momentum to an initiative that would make Maryland the latest state to join California in adopting tighter emissions standards than the federal government requires.