By Adam Pagnucco. For a long time, Montgomery County has been thought of as a wealthy jurisdiction. It has long appeared in lists of the nation’s richest counties (although it…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A state commission charged with examining changes to Maryland’s public school funding formulas is sifting through recommendations for improvement. And in the early deliberations, one big loser…
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Now Comes the Hard Part
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Today, Maryland Democrats are celebrating the reelection of Governor Martin O’Malley, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski and their holding onto both chambers of the General Assembly. But the reality of governance…
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In Part One, we showed how Bob Ehrlich’s positions on transportation and the Purple Line would damage Montgomery County. Today, we examine a different set of issues that are connected…
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Ehrlich vs. O’Malley on School Construction
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State political news has been dominated this week by the debate between Bob Ehrlich and Martin O’Malley on state education aid, a worthy topic on which we will have some…
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The Problem with Maryland’s Wealth Formulas
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Most state aid in Maryland is driven by wealth formulas that direct more aid per capita to “poorer” jurisdictions and less to “wealthy” jurisdictions, thereby effecting significant income transfers. But…
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How to School Annapolis
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This year was supposed to be a lean year in the statehouse. Cuts were everywhere. Furloughs and pink slips were being handed out left and right. State aid and teacher…
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How the Counties Spend Your Money, Part Five
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Today, we examine public school spending and look at Montgomery County’s per capita budget in detail.In FY 2009, Maryland’s twenty-four public school districts received a combined $11.2 billion. Of that…
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Madaleno Rocks MoCo on Teacher Pensions
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Sixteen months ago, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett stared Senate President Mike “Big Daddy” Miller in the eye at a Committee for Montgomery Breakfast and told him, “We leave here…
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The latest Overview of State Aid to Local Governments contains two quick facts about Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that state policymakers need to understand.First, MCPS leads the state in…
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