Md. leaders question number of commissions, reports

There are commissions to study the cost of textbooks, whether kindergartners are taught how a bill becomes law and how luxury restaurants benefit Prince George's County.

There are reports on the inventory of burial sites, security and lighting outside Pimlico Race Course and milk hauling permits.

And there are politicians beginning to wonder how much money is being eaten up by the time and paper it takes to churn out this seemingly trivial information for the General Assembly.

During a routine meeting of the Legislative Policy Committee yesterday, lawmakers questioned the deluge of reports that gushes out each...