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Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker and Councilmember Andrew Friedson will introduce a bill Tuesday designed to enable more commercial property owners to fix up their buildings and make them more energy efficient. During a 30-minute press conference Monday, Hucker explained he would like to direct 10% – nearly $20 million – of the county’s […]

Tras la protesta pública de un incidente de enero de 2020 en el que se puede ver en video a dos agentes de la policía del condado de Montgomery reprendiendo y abusando verbalmente a un niño de cinco años que se alejó de su escuela, el Concejo del condado aprobó por unanimidad la legislación sobre […]

Durante una entrevista en The Politics Hour con Kojo Nnamdi en WAMU, el presidente del concejo, Tom Hucker, dijo que se postulará para el puesto de ejecutivo del condado. “Estoy planeando postularme, pero ahora estoy concentrado en terminar mi mandato en el Concejo del Condado”. Marc Elrich buscará la reelección. También se postulan el concejal […]

El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery sostendrá una audiencia pública el martes 30 de noviembre a las 7 p.m. para escuchar comentarios de los residente sobre Montgomery Prospera 2050 (Thrive Montgomery), una enmienda al Plan General de 1964, actualizada por última vez en 1993. El actual vicepresidente del Concejo del Condado de Montgomery Gabe Albornoz […]

The Montgomery County Council hosts a virtual listening meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. to get feedback on Thrive Montgomery 2050, an amendment on the 1964 General Plan, last updated in 1993. According to the Council, the listening session will accommodate both residents who are unfamiliar with the plan and those who “have […]

During an interview on Friday’s The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi on WAMU, Council President Tom Hucker said he will run for County Executive. “I am planning to run, but right now I am focused on finishing my term on County Council.” Marc Elrich will seek re-election. Also running – Councilmember Hans Riemer and businessman […]

Following the public outcry from a January 2020 incident in which two Montgomery County Police officers can be seen on video berating and verbally abusing a five year old boy who walked away from his school, the Montgomery County Council unanimously approved legislation on how police incidents are reported. The incident at Silver Spring Elementary […]

At a time when local boards of education nationwide seem under siege from angry parents, our county residents appear eager to take up the gauntlet. 18 county residents submitted applications to fill the seat of Board of Education Member Patricia O’Neill. O’Neill, the county’s longest-serving BOE member, passed away in September at the age of […]

La población del condado de Montgomery ahora es de 1.062.000, según el censo de EE. UU. 2020. Hace una década, era 971,177. El personal del Consejo de Gobiernos Metropolitano de Washington revisó los datos del censo de 2020 en su reunión del miércoles y concluyó que menos de la mitad de la población en el […]

The Board of Supervisors of Elections officially certified Jud Ashman, Lisa E. Henderson, and Jim McNulty as the winners of the Gaithersburg municipal election for Mayor and City Council. Ashman, who has held the position of Mayor since 2014, won reelection with 81.36% of the vote, or 3,871 votes. Henderson received 2,780 votes (30.77%) in […]