Maryland’s FY2025 budget proposal focuses on public safety [Video]

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday released his proposed $63.1 billion FY2025 budget that focuses on four priorities.| LINKS: FY2025 Budget Highlights | Maryland Department of Budget and ManagementState budget officials said the budget proposal reduces the structural deficit to $502 million and has a $2.3 billion Rainy Day Fund.”We know budgets are moral documents. Where we choose to invest actually defines our values and it dictates the course of our future,” Moore said.The governor said his budget proposal does not contain any tax increases. The governor emphasized his administration crafted the budget proposal in the framework of fiscal restraints and responsibility.”Our families are still managing the shock of the steep inflation that we experienced through 2021 and midway through 2022 in their household budgets. This directly informed the governor’s position against raising taxes at this time,” Maryland Budget Secretary Helene Grady said.Last week, sources told 11 News that a …