Saddled with a slumping economy and a lingering budget pinch, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivered a State of the State address yesterday that acknowledged "totally understandable" frustration over recently passed tax increases but defended them as necessary to "protect our priorities." -
O'Malley's State of the State a Fiscal Reality Check
Saddled with a slumping economy and a lingering budget pinch, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivered a State of the State address yesterday that acknowledged "totally understandable" frustration over recently passed tax increases but defended them as necessary to "protect our priorities."-
By John Wagner