Maryland legislative leaders plan special session to finish budget

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers plan to call a special session to pass a budget deal reached in the final hours of the legislature Monday night after failing to approve a complete budget package before a midnight deadline.

The General Assembly passed an operating budget before it adjourned after 90 days — which it is constitutionally required to do — but failed to pass a new revenue package that would raise income taxes and shift half of the state’s teacher pension costs to the counties.