The budget also proposes more money to hire corrections officers while calling for a modest down payment on an expansion of pre-kindergarten education and continued investment in new-school construction.
O’Malley (D) struck a valedictory note during a news conference on his eighth and final budget proposal. He said the fiscal 2015 budget is the culmination of a tough but realistic approach to spending and taxes that has allowed the state to prosper despite the worst recession in generations, recent cutbacks in federal spending and the effects of last year’s U.S. government shutdown.
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