Anne Arundel County’s $2.16 billion fiscal 2023 budget passes with bipartisan council support

The Anne Arundel County Council passed County Executive Steuart Pittman’s $2.16 billion budget Tuesday, with all but one member voting in favor, marking the first-time during Pittman’s tenure that a budget passed with bipartisan support. Jessica Haire, an Edgewater Republican, was the only council member to vote against the fiscal 2023 budget, which kicks in July 1. Haire is among five Republican candidates seeking to win the party’s nomination for county executive.