 child care, and Medicaid. They say the state is seeing an increase in those areas and they want to get ahead of the issue. Other departments slated for cuts include thousands of dollars from the Departments of Natural Resources, Health, and Maryland's Higher Education. Maryland's budget plan is scheduled for a vote next week. Sandra Jones, WTOP News. A tree branch fell and killed a woman in the Capitol Hill area earlier today. That's leaving neighbors there in disbelief.