Prince George’s County leaders have for months sounded alarms about decreased revenue and increased expenses heading into this year’s budget cycle.
Prince George's County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks presents her spending plan for the 2025 fiscal year on Friday. Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks wants to freeze more than 800 county positions, cut agency budgets and draw down rainy-day funds to fix a projected $171 million budget shortfall for the 2025 fiscal year.
Prince George’s isn’t alone in grappling with a confluence of challenges from the pandemic recovery, dwindling federal aid and increased expenses. The state also is facing a round of belt-tightening, as lawmakers’ ambitions collide withof proposed taxes, tolls and fees to avoid cuts to programs, including a landmark education initiative that Alsobrooks has singled out as a major cost driver for Prince George’s.
Lawmakers have so far indicated support for bills she requested to allow Prince George’s to exercise discretion over money generated by the localtaxes. The taxes brought in a combined $88.4 million in the 2022 fiscal year, county records show, with nearly all of that going to operating expenses for Prince George’s County Public Schools — the second-largest school system in Maryland.
Despite the dour forecast for the county’s financial future, Alsobrooks said she made targeted investments
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