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Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on May 4th at his weekly briefing in Rockville. Leventhal announced several upcoming meetings at the briefing, including a public discussion of Montgomery County’s new public financing system for county elections on June 15, a police relations meeting with Chief Tom Manager on June 9, and […]

This morning the Montgomery County Council is expected to get a look at what is called the “reconciliation list” of programs and projects not funded in the County Executive’s proposed fiscal year 2016 but listed as priority items by the council’s committees. According to that status report from Council Administrator Stephen Farber, the report lists […]

As projects fight for fiscal 2016 funding during a tight budget year, the Montgomery County Council is keeping it annual “reconciliation list” of line items waiting in the wings for a shot at some cash. As of Wednesday afternoon, a partial list of operating budget tracking by committee shows a total of $21 million on that […]

Here’s your daily rundown of the events and stories that people are talking about today, April 27, in Montgomery County: 1. Budget Update: Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal meets with reporters today at his weekly briefing and one of the topics he is expected to discuss is the status of the recommended fiscal year […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee today unanimously recommended that the full Council consider adding up to $2 million to begin funding a new Public Election Fund that will allow candidates for County Council and County Executive to qualify for partial public financing for their campaigns. When the Council approved […]

The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County hosted its annual Advocacy Potluck and invited the Montgomery County Council to talk about the proposed budget for the county’s arts and humanities program. Suzan Jenkins, director of the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, said the council members and their staff got a chance to […]

About 35 people are signed up to testify this afternoon before the Montgomery County Council about the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget. The meeting is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. and on the list of speakers are Takoma Park Mayor Bruce William and Montgomery County Planning Board Chairman Casey Anderson. How the Montgomery […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which recaps Montgomery County Council news this third week of April.  

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has posted the following statement on his Facebook page about the General Assembly’s passing of the state budget: “The people of Maryland made it clear last year that the same old path of more spending, more taxes, and politics as usual was not acceptable. While I have reservations about the General Assembly’s […]

Here are your five things to know today, April 14, in Montgomery County: 1. Free Range: The parenting style of a Montgomery County mom and dad is making headlines across the country this week after their two children were picked by police as they walked down a street in Silver Spring unsupervised on Sunday. You […]