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Democrats vying for the party’s primary June 26 largely criticized Gov. Larry Hogan over the state incentives offered to Amazon to build its second headquarters to Maryland. Maryland is one of 20 communities around the country — including Virginia and the District of Columbia — that have made the Seattle-based company’s short list of potential […]

Amazon is considering as many as 80,000 jobs for its “HQ2,” Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. “The good news is they’re talking about direct jobs [50,000] and 80,000. And our economist at Department of Commerce says there’s at least 1-to-1 ratio, so 50,000 jobs means over a 100. Sixty or 80 means even more,” the […]

Gov. Larry Hogan signed two bills important to Montgomery County on Wednesday on the stage at Strathmore — the legislation to lure Amazon to Montgomery County and the dedicated funding for Metro. The Amazon bill, Hogan said, “puts our state in prime position to attract Amazon’s new headquarters. This is the biggest economic development opportunity […]

Seven Democrats who want to face Gov. Larry Hogan in November discussed issues at a candidate forum in Silver Spring on Tuesday night. One of the questions concerned their positions on marijuana decriminalization and legalization. Here’s what they had to say: The candidates were Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, former NAACP president and CEO […]

A Silver Spring woman was sentenced to five years, all but nine months suspended, for embezzling about $71,000 from Montgomery County PTAs. “The damage is widespread. You don’t have to recover from it. They do,” Judge David Boynton told Lisa Betts, 46, of Silver Spring. Boynton ordered Betts to repay the Montgomery County Council of […]

At a forum Monday night for Montgomery County Board of Education candidates, Brandon Rippeon said parents were to blame for the county’s persistent achievement gap, with white and Asian students outperforming African American and Hispanic students. Here’s a follow-up interview: Rippeon is running for the at-large seat made vacant by Jill Ortman-Fouse, who is running […]

Gov. Larry Hogan would win head-to-head matchups against each of the Democrats trying to take his seat, according to the results of a poll out Tuesday. Undecided voters, however, remain high enough — more than 20 percent — to keep the outcome mathematically in doubt. The results are from the Goucher Poll, conducted by the […]

Happy Monday! Here are five things to know for Monday, April 23, in Montgomery County: 1. Awards Night: The Montgomery County Volunteer Center hands out its Montgomery Serves Awards at 6:30 p.m. at Imagination Stage in Bethesda. 2. Another Day Older …: The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations Committee is examining the debt service in County Executive […]

Five of the Democrats who want to be Montgomery County’s next county executive fielded questions Thursday night at Takoma Park Middle School. One question showed each would take environmental steps, although they seemed to have different ways to approach the issue. Participating were Councilmembers Roger Berliner, Marc Elrich and George Leventhal as well as health […]

Gov. Larry Hogan, in the county for an autism event and a business event, toured the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove fire station, getting a look at fire equipment and the lives of firefighters.