MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE Subscribe to MPPI publications, news and alerts. Subscribe. Maryland Business Climate Survey RESEARCH » MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTEMARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATIONEDUCATION PUBLIC POLICY ISSUESSCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY UMDMARYLAND STATE POLICYUMD PUBLIC POLICYUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MPP MPPI in the News Elijah Westbrook | FOX 45 News Apr 30, 2021. Economic & Fiscal Policy /. Property Taxes /. Taxes. Can we lower Detroit's high property tax rates and not gut services? Here's how we might do it. MPPI in the News Stephen J.K. Walters, Ph.D. Apr 21, 2021. Economic & Fiscal Policy /. Property Taxes /. ‘DEFUND THE POLICE' BREAKS WINDOWS IN BALTIMORE » RESEARCH The city is in the midst of a crime wave as it routs money away from law enforcement and eases prosecutions.. Over at City Journal, Stephen J.K. Walters has a fascinating piece about the ongoing crime wave in Baltimore. As he notes, “Since 2011, nearly 3,000 Baltimoreans have been murdered—one of every 200 city residents over that period”

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FIVE PROGRAM MODELS FOR REDUCING RECIDIVISM 4 Five Program Models for Reducing Recidivism inmate’s needs, risk, and desires and that follows them throughout the program and into

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ANATOMY OF A CRIME WAVE A decade ago, Baltimoreans became lab rats in a fateful experiment: their elected officials decided to treat the city’s long-running crime problem with many fewer cops. THE BALTIMORE PROSECUTOR'S PLAN TO DECRIMINALIZE CRIME Marilyn Mosby’s misleading stats, shamelessness, and incompetence wreak havoc. In late March, Baltimore’s chief prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, stepped to the microphone and triumphantly announced: “Today, America’s war on drug users is over in the city of Baltimore.We leave behind the era of tough-on-crime prosecution and zero-tolerance

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A DOOMSDAY PROPHESY, 50 YEARS LATER » RESEARCH » MARYLAND Originally published in the Herald-Mail. Predictions of humanity’s doom have been around seemingly as long as humans have existed. But the book “The Population Bomb,” by Stanford University biologist Paul R. Ehrlich and his uncredited wife Anne, was supposed to be a special case, grounded in science. Released 50 years ago and selling 2 HOW PROPERTY TAXES AND THE 'CURLEY EFFECT' ARE KILLING This coming Labor Day weekend, traffic in downtown Baltimore will move at more than 100 miles per hour—or not at all: The city's main streets will be closed so that IndyCar racers can compete in the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. SOLVING THE COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM » RESEARCH For too long, efforts to solve the college access and affordability problem have focused on increasing subsidies—grants, loans, and scholarships—for students to attend college. Increased student aid subsidies have contributed to today’s high tuition prices. The College Board reports that total federal support for all forms of

college

AN ANALYSIS OF THE KIRWAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONSKIRWAN COMMISSION COSTKIRWAN COMMISSION COST 3 An Analysis of the Kirwin Commission Recommendations revenues for Maryland public schools were $14,744 per pupil,7 ranking the state 10th in the nation, behind the District of Columbia and eight MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE Subscribe to MPPI publications, news and alerts. Subscribe. Maryland Business Climate Survey RESEARCH » MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTEMARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATIONEDUCATION PUBLIC POLICY ISSUESSCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY UMDMARYLAND STATE POLICYUMD PUBLIC POLICYUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MPP MPPI in the News Elijah Westbrook | FOX 45 News Apr 30, 2021. Economic & Fiscal Policy /. Property Taxes /. Taxes. Can we lower Detroit's high property tax rates and not gut services? Here's how we might do it. MPPI in the News Stephen J.K. Walters, Ph.D. Apr 21, 2021. Economic & Fiscal Policy /. Property Taxes /. ‘DEFUND THE POLICE' BREAKS WINDOWS IN BALTIMORE » RESEARCH The city is in the midst of a crime wave as it routs money away from law enforcement and eases prosecutions.. Over at City Journal, Stephen J.K. Walters has a fascinating piece about the ongoing crime wave in Baltimore. As he notes, “Since 2011, nearly 3,000 Baltimoreans have been murdered—one of every 200 city residents over that period”

(emphasis added).

FIVE PROGRAM MODELS FOR REDUCING RECIDIVISM 4 Five Program Models for Reducing Recidivism inmate’s needs, risk, and desires and that follows them throughout the program and into

post-release.

ANATOMY OF A CRIME WAVE A decade ago, Baltimoreans became lab rats in a fateful experiment: their elected officials decided to treat the city’s long-running crime problem with many fewer cops. THE BALTIMORE PROSECUTOR'S PLAN TO DECRIMINALIZE CRIME Marilyn Mosby’s misleading stats, shamelessness, and incompetence wreak havoc. In late March, Baltimore’s chief prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, stepped to the microphone and triumphantly announced: “Today, America’s war on drug users is over in the city of Baltimore.We leave behind the era of tough-on-crime prosecution and zero-tolerance

policing.”

A DOOMSDAY PROPHESY, 50 YEARS LATER » RESEARCH » MARYLAND Originally published in the Herald-Mail. Predictions of humanity’s doom have been around seemingly as long as humans have existed. But the book “The Population Bomb,” by Stanford University biologist Paul R. Ehrlich and his uncredited wife Anne, was supposed to be a special case, grounded in science. Released 50 years ago and selling 2 HOW PROPERTY TAXES AND THE 'CURLEY EFFECT' ARE KILLING This coming Labor Day weekend, traffic in downtown Baltimore will move at more than 100 miles per hour—or not at all: The city's main streets will be closed so that IndyCar racers can compete in the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. SOLVING THE COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM » RESEARCH For too long, efforts to solve the college access and affordability problem have focused on increasing subsidies—grants, loans, and scholarships—for students to attend college. Increased student aid subsidies have contributed to today’s high tuition prices. The College Board reports that total federal support for all forms of

college

AN ANALYSIS OF THE KIRWAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONSKIRWAN COMMISSION COSTKIRWAN COMMISSION COST 3 An Analysis of the Kirwin Commission Recommendations revenues for Maryland public schools were $14,744 per pupil,7 ranking the state 10th in the nation, behind the District of Columbia and eight ABOUT » MARYLAND PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE The Maryland Public Policy Institute is dedicated to advancing freedom and opportunity for every Marylander. We fulfill our mission by developing and promoting policy ideas that enable Maryland citizens and policy makers to chart a path to a freer and more prosperous future. We strive to put free enterprise and individual opportunity at

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SUCCESSFUL INMATE RE-ENTRY DEPENDS ON FOUR KEY STRATEGIES PRESS Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. MEDIA INQUIRIES 240-686-3510 | media@mdpolicy.org. ROCKVILLE, MD (February 3, 2020)-- The Maryland Public Policy Institute today released a new study on successful re-entry for released prisoners.The study from Visiting Fellow Sean Kennedy finds that four strategies can successfully reduce recidivism and help incarcerated ANATOMY OF A CRIME WAVE A decade ago, Baltimoreans became lab rats in a fateful experiment: their elected officials decided to treat the city’s long-running crime problem with many fewer cops. HOW GOVERNMENT CAUSED THE GREAT DEPRESSION » RESEARCH Originally published in the Herald-Mail. Eighty-five years ago this month, the United States fell into the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history. In two years, U.S. unemployment would rise above 15 percent and stay there for five years, topping out at 25 percent in 1933. The nation’s economy

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BALTIMORE SCHOOLS $1 BILLION 'GHOST STUDENT' FRAUD SHOULD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Inquiries: media@mdpolicy.org | (240) 686-3510. ROCKVILLE, MD (April 9, 2021) — The Maryland Public Policy Institute (MPPI) today called for Maryland’s Inspector General for Education to open an investigation into instances of student enrollment irregularities by the Baltimore City Public School System. Following media reports of “ghost students” A DOOMSDAY PROPHESY, 50 YEARS LATER » RESEARCH » MARYLAND Originally published in the Herald-Mail. Predictions of humanity’s doom have been around seemingly as long as humans have existed. But the book “The Population Bomb,” by Stanford University biologist Paul R. Ehrlich and his uncredited wife Anne, was supposed to be a special case, grounded in science. Released 50 years ago and selling 2 HORSE RACING SUBSIDIES TO KEEP PREAKNESS NOT WORTH THE Unfortunately, the only thing likely to grow when this “economic growth” plan is implemented is the size of Maryland’s debt. The legislation authorizes the state to issue $375 million in 30-year bonds to rebuild Maryland’s two dilapidated horse racetracks: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and Laurel Park in Anne Arundel

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WAS THE CIVIL WAR AVOIDABLE? » RESEARCH » MARYLAND PUBLIC Estimates of the indirect cost range from $6.75 billion to $13.5 billion in 1860 dollars, which would be $175 billion to $350 billion today. The enormous cost in blood and treasure raises the question, was the Civil War avoidable? Arguments over the war’s motivations are interminable, but there is little disagreement that

slavery was the

MARYLAND BUSINESSES MAY NOT GET FULL FEDERAL TAX BREAKS Businesses in general should benefit significantly from tax incentives in President Barack Obama's stimulus package, but Maryland's businesses may lose out because of laws that do not require the state to follow federal income tax laws. TAX FLIGHT: MILLIONS LOST AS WEALTHIER RESIDENTS LEAVE Mullen says some of his clients have saved $15,000 to $20,000 a year in income tax by moving. The savings in estate taxes are even more substantial because Maryland hasn’t followed the federal estate tax laws over the past several years, which have raised the minimum taxable estate to $5.25 million in 2013.

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