Sponsor seeks annual reporting on where public dollars are spent to track economic impact Sen. Nick Charles's bill would require recipients of state and local funding and vendors paid with public dollars to report to the comptroller on work location, workforce size, and MBE participation; the senator said the onetime IT cost would be modest (~$100,000), while the Maryland Association of Counties warned of administrative burden.

Sen. Nick Charles is pushing for groundbreaking legislation that could revolutionize how Maryland tracks taxpayer spending and its impact on the economy.

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