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‘A loss to humanity’: Maryland approves big cuts to program funding to head off looming budget shortfall
For Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue, the cuts to her office’s budget — a drop among the $148.3 million approved to be slashed across agencies by the Board of Public Works on Wednesday morning — is antithetical to the financial question state …