WBAL: Franchot announces Monique Anderson-Walker as running mate

Comptroller Peter Franchot announced Wednesday that Prince George’s County Councilwoman Monique Anderson-Walker will be his running mate in his bid to become governor of Maryland.

OCT 28, 2021

BALTIMORE SUN: Maryland Comptroller Franchot blasts Gov. Hogan’s ‘re-fund the police’ rhetoric

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan came under fire Wednesday for his messaging pushing a “re-fund the police” proposal from one of the candidates hoping to succeed him as governor next year.

OCT 20, 2021

MARYLAND MATTERS: Franchot: With Good Fiscal News, It’s Time to Deliver for Marylanders

The State of Maryland has a lot of money. And by a lot, I mean a once-in-a-generation unanticipated $5 billion in the bank. Most of this money is tax revenue collected as a direct result of billions of federal and state dollars in stimulus funds pumped into Maryland’s economy. The stimulus worked. It ignited the economy.

OCT 4, 2021

MARYLAND MATTERS: Franchot Demands State Officials Speed Up Rent Relief Disbursement, Calls For More Detailed Data

Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) grilled a state housing official over the state’s sluggish rent relief disbursement at a Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday, and said “not one family should be evicted” while the state has access to hundreds of millions in federal relief funding.

SEP 15, 2021

WASHINGTON POST: Laboring to get answers on Maryland’s unemployment woes

In my three decades of public service, I thought I’d heard it all.

AUG 6, 2021