Prince George’s County is facing a ballooning budget shortfall that could reach $247 million over the next six years as the county braces for the impacts of potential cuts in the Maryland state budget and efforts by the Trump administration to slash federal spending and shrink the federal workforce.
“Right now, there is a level of uncertainty that I have not seen, and I don’t think any of us have seen,” Stanley Earley, the county’s budget director, told the Prince George’s County Council during a budget presentation Tuesday.
Earley projected that Prince George’s will face a $170 million budget shortfall next year, which is likely to grow amid the $2 billion in cuts to the state budget proposed by Gov. Wes Moore (D). They would force the county to shoulder more of the burden for some services, including schools.
Last year, then-County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) imposed a hiring freeze, secured money from local telecommunications and energy taxes that helped fund schools, and tapped into the county’s reserves to close a $171 million gap.
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