By Adam Pagnucco. When Council Member Will Jawando withdrew his bill to repeal the tipped minimum wage in January, he threw his support behind efforts to pass it at the…
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Exodus from MoCo, Part Six
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By Adam Pagnucco. This series has looked at the exodus of taxpayer income from Montgomery County in recent years. But it turns out that we are not the only jurisdiction…
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Exodus from MoCo, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Three, we explored Montgomery County’s loss of taxpayer income to the rest of Maryland, other states and foreign locations. Today, we will start naming the…
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Is Anyone Else Getting a Big Tax Hike?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Coming out of the pandemic, the county is confronting economic headwinds including inflation and potential recession. It has vulnerable populations with needs, issues with recruiting and retaining…
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Rent Control: A Regional Comparison
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By Adam Pagnucco. Rent control laws are far from uniform. They contain many provisions on their allowable increases, exemptions, new construction, hardship petitions by landlords and many other issues. Perhaps…
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Should MoCo Adopt Rent Control? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Two sizeable jurisdictions in the Washington region have rent control. One of them is the District of Columbia, which has a rent control law with several exemptions. …
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Why I Am Not Excited About Thrive
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few issues have been more debated by county leaders and activists over the past three years than Thrive 2050, the long-term growth plan just passed by the…
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