Baltimore County executive’s $4.9 billion budget proposes teacher raises, free community college

The county executive’s $4.9 billion budget proposes salary increases for county government staff, free college for households making less than $150,000, and raises for new teachers. “The budget I am introducing today builds on our new standards of excellence — and continues our commitment to strengthen education, investing in our infrastructure and recognizing the efforts of the incredible people who make a better Baltimore County possible,” Johnny Olszewski Jr. said to a room full of county leaders and residents in Towson on Thursday.