Lawmakers return to Annapolis facing challenging 2025 session
BY BRENDA WINTRODE and PAMELA WOOD | A nearly $3 billion state budget deficit darkens the Maryland General Assembly’s opening day, as lawmakers return to Annapolis Wednesday for their 90-day legislative session.
The looming fiscal gap threatens hard-won investments in education, child care and transportation, among other initiatives. In addition, the Trump administration takes office in two weeks and has already floated policy changes, such as relocating federal jobs away from Maryland and cutting key benefits programs, like Medicaid, that could further weaken the state’s slow-growing economy.
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