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Governor O’Malley on Morning Joe
In a Morning Joe interview with Delaware Governor Markell and Illinois Governor Quinn, Governor O'Malley talks about the need for a balanced approach. When asked by Joe to "give us some Maryland pixy dust" to explain how Maryland has a low 6.7% unemployment rate, Governor O'Malley talks about strategic investments like the public/private parternship at the Port of Baltimore that will support 5,700 jobs and GM bringing advanced manufacturing jobs to Maryland. Watch the clip to learn more.
Read More >A Balanced Approach
Governor O'Malley's proposed FY2013 budget invests in job creation and its key ingredients: education, innovation and rebuilding our State's infrastructure. Through stategic modern investments, the capital budget will support 52,000 jobs, continue record investments in our best in the nation schools and protect health care coverage for one million Marylanders. These investments are balanced with fiscally responsible cuts of nearly $800 million that will bring our six-year total to $7.5 billion dollars, the most of any six-year period in Maryland's history. Learn more about the budget here and watch the video below.
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A Look Back at 2011
Highlights from 2011:
--Through November, we created 26,700 new jobs
--We had the largest single-month drop in the unemployment rate since 1984
--Our schools continue to rank #1 in the nation
--Crime is at its lowest level since 1975
--We met the spending affordability committee guidelines for 5 years
--We remain one of only eight states to maintain a Triple A bond rating
--Together, we expanded health care to 300,000 previously uninsured Marylanders--more than half of whom are children
More here: http://www.gov.state.md.us/documents/2011ReviewFinal.pdf
This year, our top priority will remain creating and saving jobs through a balanced approach of tough, targeted choices that spur job creation.
Read More >Happy Holidays!
The holidays are a special time of year, when we come together with our families to share in the joy of the season and celebrate life's blessings.
I'm always so amazed by how many Marylanders spend their free time volunteering and working to create a positive impact in our communities. That's why, this holiday season, we launched the Maryland: Stronger Together campaign, a way to highlight the important work of Maryland volunteers and encourage more Marylanders to get involved.
Katie, Lt. Governor Brown, members of my administration and I have been volunteering with folks across our state at shelters, soup kitchens and various non-profits. There's still plenty of time to join and we hope you'll take part in the Maryland: Stronger Together campaign.
From our family to yours, Happy Holidays.
Tea Party Obstructionism
In case you missed it, Governor O'Malley appeared on CNN's State of the Union where he talked about Tea Party obstructionism and they're willingness to block the creation of millions of American jobs in order to put the President out of his job. Watch the clip below to learn more.
We Can’t Wait Either
This morning, President Obama held a press conference to urge Congress to pass the Rebuild America Jobs Act. The act would help us immediately advance critical infrastructure projects in Maryland while at the same time supporting at least 8,100 jobs.
Jobs Falling From the Sky
In case you missed it, watch Governor O'Malley's interview on Fox News where he talks about the importance of making modern investments to create jobs. Here's an excerpt: "The only thing that the Tea-party cares about is protecting tax cuts for wealthiest 1% of Americans. If their theory worked in creating jobs, we'd have jobs falling from the sky because of all of the wealth that's now concentrated in the tea-party, republican donor base. But that's not how a real economy works. You have to make modern investments to create jobs."
Read More >Pass the Bill
A few days ago, Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked the American Jobs Act, a bill that would help create thousands of jobs in Maryland and in other states across the country.
This filibuster by Senate Republicans contradicted the advice of economic experts, who project that the bill will create almost two million jobs, and it rejected the recommendation by 16 Democratic governors that Congress consider this bill without delay.
Read More >Governor O’Malley on “Face the Nation”
In case you missed it, here's the video of Governor O'Malley on "Face the Nation" where he talks about how the GOP candidates aren't running for the GOP nomination--they're running for Tea Party nomination.
Watch the interview to learn more.
Read More >The Talents of our People
Under the leadership of Governor O'Malley, we've provided record levels of funding for education in Maryland. It's not because we're immune from the recession, it's because we know that if we invest in the talents of our people, the product of that will be greater opportunity and jobs. Watch the Governor's interview on MSNBC to learn more.
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The Seagirt Marine Terminal public-private partnership will create 5,700 jobs in the port and construction sectors
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