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MARYLAND. – State officials telling WMDT that Maryland is losing residents year in and year out to neighboring states. According to the 2025 report from the Maryland Comptroller Office, about 40,000 residents have left the state. That is due to high housing costs and high taxation.
Over the period of 2010 and 2023, 2.3 million people moved to neighboring states.
Delegate Wayne Hartman talking about the issue in an exclusive interview. “Maryland is losing people at an alarming rate, it’s just not seen as affordable and a place where people want to continue living, we need to turn that around.”
With many Marylanders moving to Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the Carolinas often seeking lower costs of living. Senator Johnny Mautz suggests the state needs to put more investment into small businesses.
“We do get some major manufacturers and larger employers, but the bulk of our economy is driven by small independent businesses.”
The 2025 report from the Comptroller suggests older wealthier residents were originally leaving, but now more lower and middle-income residents are leaving as well due to high costs.
Delegate Sheree Sample Hughes believes the state needs to work with its residents. “Maryland as a whole, we need to be vigorous about getting industries here that will stay.”
She adds that they need to be mindful of regulations that are imposed to not force people out. “We can’t place regulations on them in those industries and think they will be able to grow or think they would stay in Maryland.”
Delegate Sample-Hughes focusing on industries here on the Eastern Shore.”The point is, when we have specific resources, like our watermen in our area in particular, we want to build off of those, and work with them to make it a stronger seafood industry.”
Comptroller Brooke Lierman says this migration negatively impacts the state’s labor market, economic output, and tax revenues.
Response:
Right now with the National Conversation about “Affordability” that shaped the 2025 elections across the country. Here in Maryland since January of 2023 under the Moore Administration. An Administration that inherited $5 Billion Dollars in the reserves from the previous Administration.
The Moore Administration, went “fast and furious” on spending from the shoot, despite being warned by the outgoing Administration about the ” financial pitfalls” it saw coming. The spending on the Blueprint for Education, “Boondoggle” Energy and Transportation projects, and “Mass Hiring” of State employees.
The results? In 2024 Democrats in Annapolis increased taxes and fees on the States Small Businesses and Working Families, by over $400 Million Dollars, in addition in 2024 the legislature passed MD 2024 SB 1 “a 34 Page regulatory bill on Traditional Energy Providers” in the State that has helped contribute to record high energy rates in the State. In addition after the 2024 Legislative Session, at the Board of Public Works in July of 2024 Governor Moore, made some “cuts / money maneuvers” in fear of a large “projected” deficit going into the year 2025, the Biden Administration was “Still in power” at this point btw..
In 2025 at the beginning of the year the State was facing a $3 Billion Dollar budget shortfall, and the the same week that was reported the Moore Administration gave away a Billion Dollars at the Board of Public Works Meeting. In addition to close the budget shortfall the State Increased Taxes and Fees by $1.6 Billion Dollars, in addition the State through SDAT increased assessments on businesses and homes, thus increasing property taxes on many Marylanders.
Now in 2026 After $2 Billion Dollars of Tax and Fee Increases, the Moore Administration has said no new taxes and fees for this Legislative Session. However the State is stull running a $1.5 Billion dollar deficit, in addition it was announced that SDAT is moving to increase assessments on businesses and homes again thus another “Property Tax Increase”.. the States budget closes the shortfall largely through “money transfers’, the proposed budget Governor Moore rolled out is $3 Billion Dollars larger than last years, and has significant increases in public safety and education spending, most believe the State will be running another deficit going into the 2027 Legislative Session….
On the issue of “Affordable Housing” in Maryland the State has been working on Planning, Zoning, and Permitting reform since January of 2023 between the Governor and the Housing Secretary with the Legislature, to “Centralize” power in Annapolis, between the Governor, the Housing Secretary, and the Mayor of Baltimore City a ” Permitting Council / Board” the Governor created by executive order.. Then the Moore Administration rolled out a $400 Million Dollar spending package on Juneteenth of 2025 in Cambridge MD, to “get the ball rolling” on funding the 96 Thousand Units the administration has said needs to be built to “tackle the housing crisis” in the State. Meanwhile there have been concerns about “more regulations” being added to building new homes in the State that would add more costs to building homes in the State, not sure how this will make housing “more affordable?”….
Now compared to Marylands largest neighbors Pennsylvania, Governor Shapiro rolled out the Sates new budget with no tax and fee increases being proposed, Republican leadership in the house is concerned that this budget could “deplete the surplus” the state had from strong tax revenue, and its rainy day fund. Now in Virginia in December of 2025 Governor Youngkin stated the Virginia’s budget was in “good shape” from revenues coming in, and warned the incoming Spanburger Administration to ‘be careful” on spending…. Both states definitely a “much different situation” than Maryland is in currently..
In closing it should be a surprise to “nobody”in Maryland that in December of 2025 in front of County leaders the State House Majority Leader / Delegate David Moon of Montgomery Count, stated ” there is no money”for the 2026 legislative session. In addition in January of 2026 a study was released by wallethub that Maryland is the “2nd worst” State to open a business in. With what’s been happening with the Moore Administration since 2023 on Taxes, Fees, Excessive Spending, and Regulations how could it not be?
Maryland has a “long way to go” to be ” competitive with it’s neighbors and on “Affordability”, it seems like that will continue to be the trend for the State under the Moore Administration, who continues to blame the majority of its problems on the Trump Administration….
Duh… Maryland has become a liberal hell hole. No mystery WHY people are fleeing.
Ice Ice Baby. !!!
Until we get rid of the fraud-turd-wannabe and start electing conservative representatives, we will be stuck with the ever increasing taxes and fees!
Hold Handle Down While Flushing!