Prince George's County estimates it will be about $126 million in the red in the coming fiscal year. The county will hold a series of public hearings over the next three weeks to find out which programs should be kept and which should be cut.
The deficit has "a lot of that has to do with the fact that there's a decrease in our residential property values," says County Executive Rushern Baker.
At the same time, he says the county's costs have gone up.
"We're going to have to make some tough choices."

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