By Adam Pagnucco. On April 28, 2006, the Washington Post printed this: Man, 2 Children Hit by Car Two small children, ages 5 and 2, and a man in his…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Four, we looked at growth in county appropriations to schools. Today we will look at county appropriations per pupil. Let’s start with county appropriations per…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last time, we looked at total operating budget per pupil. Today we will look at spending measures based on county appropriations. School districts have many sources of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we looked at changes in total operating budgets and enrollments for Maryland’s top eight school districts: Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Harford,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described our methodology and provided basic statistics on total operating budget and enrollment. Let’s look at recent increases in school budgets. Regular readers will recall…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Public school funding is a hot topic and we have certainly written a lot about it. Last spring, the county council voted to raise property taxes by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After two county audits found problems in a federally funded grant to immigrant rights group CASA, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors has voted to strip…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday afternoon, the county council unanimously approved $338,500 in additional non-competitive contract money for CASA, the immigrant rights group that caused huge controversy with its statements about…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Two and a half months after CASA, an immigrant rights group, blew itself up with a statement on Israel’s war against Hamas that provoked widespread condemnation and…
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The Geography of Cannabis in Maryland
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By Adam Pagnucco. A new report by a state office illustrates a fact that’s not a big surprise: cannabis prevalence varies a lot across Maryland. Let’s examine its areas of…