Politics & Government
Tax Credits and Budget Cuts: Government Stories that Matter in Your Area
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In this week’s collection, local government issues were front and center. Patch kept readers informed of pertinent issues in their neighborhoods.
The solar and geothermal tax credit, aimed to help Howard County homeowners purchase and install renewable energy systems, became so popular that residents wanting to take advantage of it had to be put on a waiting list. Check out the details on Savage-Guilford Patch. In Prince George’s County, the county executive warned that if unions receive a 2 percent cost of living wage, the hiring of 165 police officers, 60 firefighters and 32 corrections officers would be postponed by at least two or three months. Read about the dispute at Laurel Patch. Construction on the Inter-County Broadband Network began on Thursday in Howard County. The $72 million project will lay nearly 1,300 miles of new fiber to supplement more than 2,400 miles of fiber that already exists in the area. Columbia Patch has the scoop.
The board of education passed a new transportation plan to save Carroll County $1.2 million. The plan will eliminate up to 40 bus drivers, requiring some buses to change their routes and some schools to change their start and end times. Discover what the school superintendent had to say on Eldersburg Patch.
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