Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, May 1, in Montgomery County: 1. County government: Council President Roger Berliner has his regular news briefing at 11:30 a.m. And the Montgomery College budget gets scrutinized by the County Council’s Education Committee at 2 p.m. as part of the council’s review of County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal […]

Residents gathered at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring on Tuesday evening for a statewide listening tour hosted by the Maryland Commission for Women. The goal of the meeting was for participants to voice their concerns to elected officials and the commission regarding women’s rights to help design laws that impact both women and their families. […]

Dozens of residents gathered at Veteran’s Plaza to voice their concerns on women’s issues with elected officials. “The purpose of this is to listen to women from all parts of the state to see what the biggest concerns are,” said Lee Bachu, chair, Maryland Commission for Women. Participants completed questionnaires to check what women’s issues […]

Maryland’s House of Delegates voted early Tuesday to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto on legislation that would increase renewable energy use throughout the state. The Clean Energy Jobs Act , sponsored by Del. William Frick of District 16, would require Maryland to get 25% of its electricity from renewable energy sources like wind and solar by 2020. The […]

State delegate Marc Korman, a Democrat who represents District 16, says he will not run for Montgomery County Council in 2018. In a video posted on YouTube and shared on Facebook and Twitter, Korman said he plans to ask the voters of District 16 to reelect him as their state delegate. You can watch the […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, State Senator Susan Lee talks about how she plans to work with Donald Trump when he enters the White House.

After months of Ad Hoc Committee meetings and plans for reform, the future of the Department of Liquor Control continues to be a hot topic among local leaders in Montgomery County. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find out more about the delegation’s Nov. 30th hearing, here.  

The Montgomery County Delegation will hold a public hearing on local bills at 7 p.m. on Nov. 30 at the Montgomery County Office Building in Rockville. State Delegate Bill Frick invites Montgomery County residents to attend this meeting to learn more about legislation he is sponsoring that would call for a referendum when it comes […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, State Delegate Bill Frick, who represents District 16, says “there is overwhelming public support” for reforming Montgomery County’s liquor monopoly. But what do Montgomery County officials think? Frick says he’s heard an interest in reform but concern about a loss of revenue. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra video: […]

Maryland Delegate Bill Frick is pushing state legislation that could end the liquor monopoly in Montgomery County. If the General Assembly passes this bill in the upcoming legislative session, Frick said voters would decide at the ballot box in 2016 if they want to keep Montgomery County’s liquor monopoly in place or not. In this […]