deficit

Curious about Curiosity? We hear what the Mars rover has found, and how scientists discovered a former underground lake on the red planet.

Erskine Bowles,half the Simpson-Bowles deficit-cutting duo,says so far we’ve made the “easy, stupid” cuts.He explains what needs to be done.

We speaks with Poet Jehanne Dubrow, whose new book, "Red Army Red,” is based on her experience as a child of diplomats in Communist Eastern Europe.

We examine President Obama’s strategy of linking a deficit deal to another attempt at crafting a “grand bargain.” Is the president conceding too much to congressional Republicans by accepting the premise that Social Security and Medicare contribute to the deficit and that such entitlements need to be cut to improve the national economy?

Governor O'Malley's proposed 2013 budget is due on Friday.  Revenue forecasts are higher this year, but the state transportation fund is in need of money for new projects.  We talk with UMBC political science professor Roy Meyers about what will get funded--and what might get ignored.

The General Assembly has less than two weeks to pass a budget bill. There are a few new tax plans out there; one would raise tax rates on just about everyone, with an extra bump for those making over $500,000. Another would just roll back some exemptions and deductions for those making over $100,000. Sheilah gets a conservative and a liberal take on the discussions from two budget analysts.