The Week Ahead

We’re trying something new starting today; let us know if you like it. Each Monday, our first post of the day will highlight events and other items of interest in the week ahead. We hope this is a useful tool for our readers, particularly as we enter the legislative session in January.

Monday, December 12th

• Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs briefing on PlanMaryland.
  11am-1pm in the Miller Senate Office Building, 2 West, 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis.
• Save Our State hosts another Community Conversation.
  6-8pm at Baltimore City Community College, Gaare Auditorium, 2901 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore.

Tuesday, December 13th

• Maryland Nonprofits releases Nonprofits by the Numbers, their annual analysis of the nonprofit sector in the state of Maryland, broken down by sector and county.
• Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing update on health care reform.
  1-3pm in the House Office Building, Room 240, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis.

Wednesday, December 14th

• Good Jobs First releases Money for Something, a detailed evaluation of major subsidy programs in all 50 states and DC in terms of their standards relating to job creation (and other performance measures) and job quality (wage and benefit requirements).
• Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government meeting.
  11am-1pm in the House Office Building, Room 240, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis.

Thursday

• MBTPI releases State of Working Maryland 2011, our annual look at how Maryland workers and families are doing (tentative).
• Neil Bergsman speaks at Medicaid Matters! Maryland.
  2-4pm at the Public Justice Center, Suite 200, 1 North Charles Street, Baltimore.
• Spending Affordability Committee meeting.
  6-8pm in the House Office Building, Room 120, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis.