BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., unveiled his first state budget on Friday, outlining how he plans to spend $63.1 billion during the next year.
The spending plan does not include tax or fee increases, Moore said, but he does plan to dip into the $2 billion state surplus. The governor said he wants to use $500 million from the surplus to support the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
Political analyst John Dedie said he believes Moore is really trying to invest in education because over the last few years, the investment has been there but they have not gotten enough “bang for their buck.”
I think what they’re trying to do is fix some of the previous problems they had with COVID over the last two years, where yes money was being spent on education, but the problem was people were being educated by a Zoom or whatever,” Dedie said.
Dedie added that some of the funding will also …