KIRWAN PANEL WON’T MEET DEADLINE: Len Lazarick of MarylandReporter writes that the commission charged with revising state school funding formulas will not be able to finish its work by its Dec. 31 deadline, commission chair Brit Kirwan told the panel Wednesday. “It will take more time to do our work completely and accurately,” said Kirwan, the former university system chancellor.
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Lawmakers were set to spend the first few months of 2018 debating the first major overhaul of education policy in more than 15 years. Instead, that discussion will be pushed back until after the 2018 state elections, reports Erin Cox in the Sun.
HOGAN EMBRACES TRAFFIC LIGHT TECHNOLOGY: Michael Dresser of the Sun reports that Gov. Larry Hogan says that drivers in 14 state highway corridors in Maryland will see their travel times cut over the next year as a result of a $50 millionupgrade to traffic signals. The new system will use artificial intelligence to better synchronize signals and improve traffic flow.
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The technology announced Wednesday as a phase two of Hogan’s plan to address road congestion lacks some of the gee whiz pop of a super train that travels at up to 700mph but the governor said the effects will be real for 700,000 motorists, writes Bryan Sears in the Daily Record.