March 10th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Allegany County Administrator Jason Bennett gave an update on some budget information at last Thursday’s commissioner meeting. Bennett said the Maryland Department of Legislative Services is recommending that an additional $600,000 of the cost of teacher pensions be absorbed by the county. That would raise the cuts and costs from the state to the county to $5.7 million dollars…

  

“We went to Annapolis last week and testified two times over the governor’s budget and had a good chance to talk with members of both the House Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees and the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. We’re going to work this for everything we can, but frankly it’s a pretty difficult time in Annapolis.”