Maryland ranks low in fiscal health study from George Mason [Links]

Maryland ranks among worst states for fiscal health in George Mason study [Baltimore Business Journal]: “States at the bottom of the list, including Maryland, can attribute that to years of poor financial management decisions, bad economic conditions, or a combination of both.”
Water World [Baltimore magazine]: “City asks architecture firm Ayers Saint Gross to design a new plan for the Inner Harbor.”
Hard questions ignored during mayor’s online chat on data [Baltimore Brew]: “But ignoring queries about the lack of city audits and other data-related problems, the mayor addressed only a couple of  questions that weren’t posed either by the event’s organizers or by people from policy or public relations firms outside of the city.”