The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee has recommended that the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), which is responsible for planning the three major transit projects under consideration by the state, return…
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Yesterday, nearly half of the elected state and county officials in Montgomery County debated the relative endorsement value of the Post and the Apple Ballot. Today, we’ll look at the…
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County Reveals Furlough Plan
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Montgomery County Chief Administrative Officer Tim Firestine revealed the county’s furlough plan today, which calls for 80 unpaid hours off for all full-time non-public safety and non-public school employees over…
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By Mike Sherling. Hello MPW readers. I’m Mike Sherling, a field associate with Environment Maryland. Environment Maryland is a statewide, citizen-funded environmental advocacy organization. Today, Environment Maryland released Building Better:…
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Leggett Warns Council on Bond Rating
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The Gazette reported this morning on County Executive Ike Leggett’s warning to the County Council about risks to the county’s AAA bond rating. We have the full text of Leggett’s…
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Stand Up for Academic Freedom
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By Marc Korman. The Maryland General Assembly has a bad habit of stepping all over academic freedom and interfering in the University of Maryland’s mission to educate its students during…
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The Washington area’s paper of record has launched an all-out holy war against the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), the county’s most powerful labor union. From a political perspective, this…
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State Senator Rich Madaleno (District 18 in Montgomery County) will be on the “Political Pulse” TV Show to discuss:-His recent proposal to shift, starting in 2012, tens of millions of…
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Following is a press release detailing a cable TV call-in show to be held by County Executive Ike Leggett and County Council President Nancy Floreen on Wednesday night, March 31,…
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Environment Maryland is claiming that the General Assembly is “giving the environment the shaft this year” and that, “the Chesapeake Bay is getting thrown under the election year bus in…