By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s latest six-year fiscal plan contains a surprising number: the county’s tax revenues have come in $455 million above estimates over the last two fiscal years. …
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Maryland’s Transportation Crisis, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described how the state’s two transportation agencies – the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) – finance transportation projects. Part…
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Maryland’s Transportation Crisis, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described how the state’s two transportation agencies – the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) – finance transportation projects. Part…
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Maryland’s Transportation Crisis, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at problems with transportation revenues. Today we will look at costs. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Maryland Transportation Authority…
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Maryland’s Transportation Crisis, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. The State of Maryland’s ability to fund transportation projects is in serious jeopardy. Let’s begin exploring why by discussing its revenues. The Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) is…
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Maryland’s Transportation Crisis, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Do you oppose the state’s I-270/Beltway widening project? Don’t worry about it. Do you oppose building Baltimore’s Red Line? Not a problem. Are you worried about more…
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State and County Pay to Retain Sodexo
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By Adam Pagnucco. The State of Maryland and Montgomery County are together offering more than $700,000 in incentives to retain Sodexo, a French food services and facility management company that…
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Office Building Owners Cry Out for Help
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By Adam Pagnucco. Besieged by rising office vacancy rates, depressed leasing activity and weak sales, a group of office building owners has commissioned a report showing a pending drop in…
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Is a CASA Audit Coming?
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By Adam Pagnucco. “Audit.” It’s the word I hear the most now about CASA, more than “Israel,” “Hamas” or “Jews.” And now it looks like it could happen, at least…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the latest development in the continuing backlash against CASA’s remarks about Israel, all nine state senators who represent Montgomery County have signed a joint statement expressing…