By Adam Pagnucco. Empower Montgomery, a business group founded and led by Washington Property Company President Charlie Nulsen, has set up a website and ad campaign to oppose County Executive…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As first reported by Fox 5, MCPS and its employee unions have sent a letter to the county council warning them that reducing the executive’s recommended budget…
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Can MCPS Fix the Achievement Gap? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One related the story of how MCPS started a pilot program in East Silver Spring Elementary School, a school with a large Black and brown student…
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Can MCPS Fix the Achievement Gap? Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. The achievement gap. This is absolutely one of the most challenging issues in all of public education. After decades of work, it’s doubtful that anyone has yet…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In its meeting today, the county council issued a proclamation recognizing Teacher Appreciation Day. But members of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) showed up en masse…
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Tax Hike Number Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of a potentially huge increase in school impact taxes, the county council has passed a recordation tax hike for the first time in seven…
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Should There Be a People’s Counsel?
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By Adam Pagnucco. One of the issues simmering underneath the county’s current budget debate is whether to bring back the People’s Counsel, an office that remains in law but has…
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Council Hunts for Savings in Elrich’s Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. Battered by tax-shocked residents, county employee unions and the legions of people who regularly demand funding for their favored spending, the county council is trying to navigate…
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School Impact Taxes Set to Skyrocket
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By Adam Pagnucco. The first of multiple tax hikes that will likely be implemented in coming weeks is now on deck. But this one did not originate with either the…
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Unions Blast Effort to Reduce Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 500 have issued a press release blasting measures taken by the county council’s Education…