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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Save a Little Money for a Rainy Day
By Marc Korman. County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal was recently released. Included was a proposal for the current fiscal year (2010) that the County tap its…
The Attorney General and Impeachment
By Marc Korman. Shortly after Attorney General Doug Gansler issued an opinion regarding recognition of out of state gay marriages, Anne Arundel County Republican Delegate Don Dwyer issued a press…
By Marc Korman. On Sunday, May 2nd the Montgomery County Democratic Party is holding its annual Spring Ball. As part of the annual event, the Party gives out awards to…
Dealing with Waivers
By Marc Korman. On February 23rd the State Board of Education announced a process to allow school systems to receive a waiver from the requirement that they be open for…
By Marc Korman. Montgomery County Planning Board Chair Royce Hanson is not seeking reappointment and the Council has begun advertising the vacancy. Before looking forward, it might be helpful to…
A New Alternative for County Involvement?
By Marc Korman. Back in January, Adam posted a story about change in the civic world of Montgomery County. Rumor has it some of that change is going to come…
By Marc Korman. Back in October I wrote about campaign finance reports for the US House of Representatives candidates. Unlike state campaign finance reports, federal reports are released quarterly. Reports…
Digging into Advanced Placement
By Marc Korman. The Washington Post’s top notch education columnist, Jay Mathews, recently wrote about Advanced Placement Grade Reports. The reports give data behind the headline numbers of how many…
The Main Event: Fairfax v. Montgomery
By Marc Korman. There has been a lot of attention given to the Office of Legislative Oversight’s “Comparative Data on Montgomery County and Fairfax County.” Of course, Adam wrote up…