The Wicomico County Council has approved a budget amendment allowing the county to pay nearly $287,000 to the State of Maryland as its share of compensation awarded to a Salisbury man who was wrongfully convicted and later exonerated.
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Funding from the state this upcoming legislative session may be limited, applying more pressure on individual counties.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration is proposing about $3.3 billion in wide-ranging budget cuts for the state’s six-year transportation spending plan.
Candidates for statewide offices in Maryland addressed a conference sponsored by the Maryland Association of Counties on Saturday in Ocean City, where they pledged to work with local leaders.