Lawmakers consider more budget cuts

Close a Baltimore City psychiatric center. Defer a drug treatment initiative. Cancel a cost-of-living salary adjustment for state employees.

These proposals were among an itemized list of budget reductions lawmakers may consider to curb further spending growth and address a $1.5 billion structural deficit. In the third day of hearings during the General Assembly?s special session in Annapolis, members of the House Appropriations Committee pored over a $760 million strategy to limit baseline budget growth.