(WBFF) — Maryland is grappling with a $1.4 billion budget deficit, and state auditors have uncovered an additional financial challenge.
A year-end report from Maryland’s Office of Legislative Audits revealed that eight state agencies have billions in federal funds that were not properly recorded. In some instances, agencies spent federal funds before they were received.
“Some of it is…we’re counting on grant funding that hasn’t come from the feds so we’re forward funding with state dollars expecting those federal dollars will come through at some point,” Del. Ryan Nawrocki said. “We may never see those kinds of dollars so there’s potential here for extreme risks and we may never see any of these funds.”…