By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr and Council Member Will Jawando are proposing legislation that would allow counties to create high income tax brackets to finance the creation of…
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Really Cool Voting Data: Introduction
By Adam Pagnucco. Most of us get presents in December. Maybe they are electronics, booze, food, toys… you name it, someone is giving it and someone is getting it. Well,…
By Adam Pagnucco. As told in Part Two, Maryland counties gained the ability to establish income tax brackets in December 2021. However, Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr and Council Member Will…
The Fighting Congressman
By Adam Pagnucco. In November 2021, national Republicans were convinced that they were going to ride a huge red tsunami to take over Congress. They were so convinced that they…
By Adam Pagnucco. For decades, Maryland counties could only charge flat income tax rates under state law. But that changed in 2021 despite opposition from Governor Larry Hogan. Allowing counties…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr and Council Member Will Jawando held a press event to discuss pending new state legislation enabling counties to cut income taxes…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives will have obvious ramifications for national politics and international relations. It may also have consequences for Montgomery County’s…
MoCo Restaurants in the Pandemic, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. During the pandemic, Montgomery County’s restaurant industry took bigger hits on employment, wages paid and net losses in number of restaurants than most other large jurisdictions in…
Cookes vs Snyder by the Numbers
By Adam Pagnucco. Reviled Washington football team owner Dan Snyder has owned the club now known as the Commanders for 24 seasons, almost as long as the 25-season tenure of…
MoCo Restaurants in the Pandemic, Part Four
By Adam Pagnucco. The pandemic’s effect on the restaurant industry played out in two years for which we have data: 2020 and 2021. In 2020, the first year of the…