ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House and Senate are set to vote on a state budget compromise after a panel of lawmakers reached a deal by killing a Senate measure that would shift teacher pension costs to the counties.
The $13.2 billion budget agreed to by House and Senate negotiators includes no new taxes or fees and remains largely unchanged from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s original proposal — including his plan to shift nearly $1 billion among different accounts for “short-term fixes.”
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