WTOP NEWS: Overall, crime increased in Montgomery County for the third year in a row. In a briefing before the Montgomery County Council Public Safety Committee, legislative analyst Susan Farag laid out the data: According […]
WTOP NEWS: Maryland’s largest public school systems — Montgomery County and Prince George’s County Public Schools — have proposed multi-billion dollar budgets to keep their systems running. Here’s a look at the current budget proposals […]
WTOP NEWS: The number of Montgomery County students who are categorized as ‘chronically absent’ has dropped from last year’s high of 26%, but remains above 20%, according to data shared with county council members on […]
WTOP: On Friday, Southwest Airlines repeated apologies for the massive disruption to service that led to the cancellation of nearly 15,800 flights since Dec. 22, including at Maryland’s BWI Marshall Airport. The airport’s plans for a $425 […]
WTOP: The minimum wage for employees in D.C., Virginia and Maryland will go up starting Jan. 1. Under Maryland law, the state’s minimum wage will increase from $12.50 an hour to $13.25 an hour. In […]
WTOP: A Maryland student’s dream of working as a nurse became one step closer to reality following an event that announced the opening date of Montgomery College’s East County Education Center. During Wednesday’s presentation in […]
WTOP: Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, say they’re investigating the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars taken through card skimmers that are turning up not just on ATMs or at gas stations, but […]
A drop-in center in Montgomery County, Maryland, gives a range of services for young people. Montgomery County Council member Evan Glass attended the ribbon-cutting of MoCo Reconnect, which helps people between 16 to 24 years […]
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has said the Maryland county is working on a “comprehensive” approach to stemming violence among young people. The county’s Department of Recreation is part of that effort, and its director, […]
One of the 140 bills signed into law in Maryland this week is designed to ensure that drivers don’t get dinged with civil penalties attached to outstanding video tolls. If drivers already paid the penalties […]
