Md. Lawmakers to Grapple with Budget, Sick Leave, Fracking

BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A budget shortfall will be a top concern for Maryland lawmakers during their annual 90-day legislative session.Lawmakers also will be weighing proposals to require paid sick leave and to either ban or extend a moratorium on the hydraulic oil and gas drilling process known as fracking.
The session begins Wednesday and ends April 10.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan will submit a proposal to address the projected budget shortfall of about $544 m