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  "path": "/2026/03/31/pinched-from-all-sides-marylanders-focus-on-the-costs-of-everything/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T04:01:27.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Work & the Economy",
    "cost of living",
    "gas prices",
    "grocery prices",
    "health care costs",
    "housing",
    "Institute of Politics",
    "Mileah Kromer",
    "poll",
    "Polling",
    "rent",
    "Senate President Bill Ferguson",
    "UMBC Poll",
    "University of Maryland Baltimore County"
  ],
  "textContent": "Marylanders continue to feel pinched on all sides by rising costs, with pocketbook issues accounting for four of the top six concerns in a new poll from UMBC. It found that crime was last on the list and \"politicians, Trump, federal ... or state government\" was fourth.",
  "title": "Pinched from all sides, Marylanders focus on the costs of everything"
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