Thursday, February 04, 2010

From Gov/ O'Malley's Report on the State of Maryland 2010

  • For the second straight year, Maryland has been ranked by Education Week magazine as the number one ranked public school system in the nation.
  • We have made college more affordable for more families in Maryland by going four years in a row without a penny's increase in college tuition for Maryland residents.
  • Violent crime in Maryland has been driven to its lowest levels since 1987 – including the steepest three-year reduction in homicides since the 1970s, and a 46 percent reduction in juvenile homicides.
  • Nearly 155,000 more people in Maryland have health coverage today who did not have it three years ago – 77,000 of them children.
  • Four of the rivers feeding into the Chesapeake Bay are now getting healthier every year rather than sicker, and we've preserved five and half times the amount of open space than we did before. The Blue Crab population is rebounding, and we are finally embracing the power of a new aquaculture industry to bring back the native Oyster.
Good for you Maryland, and for all of us who live here!

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