By Adam Pagnucco. Part One summarized the premise of this series: an examination of key stats from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) comparing Montgomery County to its largest…
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Taylor Explains the Boundary Study
By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has released a video explaining the school district’s new boundary study. The study, which will cover roughly three-quarters of MCPS’s high schools and…
MoCo’s Economy is Falling Behind: Population
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One summarized the premise of this series: an examination of key stats from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) comparing Montgomery County to its largest…
By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, officials with the State of Maryland and Montgomery County have expressed concerns over the impact of the incoming Trump administration on their economies. The state government…
How Well Did Hogan Do?
By Adam Pagnucco. Former Governor Larry Hogan was undoubtedly the strongest choice by the GOP to run against Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by incumbent…
MCPS’s Troubling Literacy and Math Scores
By Adam Pagnucco. Last fall, MCPS released its spring 2024 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) results by school. For the first time my sources can remember, MCPS released them in…
Jawando’s Federal PAC: Asset or Liability?
By Adam Pagnucco. Attainable housing. MCPS. Crime. Impact taxes. Building energy performance standards. Grants. Pending budget issues, some of which will be coming from the state and federal governments. That’s…
By Adam Pagnucco. In a brand new six-year fiscal plan, the county government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reports that the county is projecting an unexpected windfall of more…
Will the Council Let the Milk Spoil?
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this week, I wrote about the prospect of a political food fight at the county council originating in its election of a possible county executive candidate…
Police Chief Calls Out the Council
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, the county council’s Public Safety Committee discussed the latest information about police staffing which I summarized in an earlier post. Plagued by high vacancies, soaring…