The Week Ahead, Dog Days of August Edition

Last week we blogged about the need to reform corporate income taxes as part of any rate-cut deal, and about why "the tax-free week" is a wasteful, expensive and ineffective program. Also Marceline White of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition guest-blogged about how Baltimore City's proposed use of foreclosure settlement funds would not actually help victims of foreclosures. 

For the week of August 12th through the 18th:

Monday, August 12 the Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships meets at 3 pm in Annapolis.


Wednesday August 14 the Telemedicine Task Force Telemedicine Solutions And Standards Advisory Group meets at 9:30 am in Baltimore

Wednesday August 14 - Saturday August  17; The Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) holds its annual conference in Ocean City. The MACo conference is the traditional start of political and policy-making activity in preparation for the January legislative session. The Governor's address to the conference on Saturday is often our first look at the Administration's top priorities for the coming year - in this case Martin O'Malley's last year as Governor.

On Thursday, August 15, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases data on inflation and wages for July.

Stay cool.