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We want to hear from Montgomery County residents who may be personally impacted by the federal government shutdown. How have you been impacted? Do you have a story to share? You can share these thoughts by: Emailing Deirdre Byrne at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org. Send us a private message on Facebook. Comment this article with your stories. Leave […]

It’s Monday, Jan. 7, and here are five things you need to know: 1. Orthodox Christmas: For Orthodox Christians, today is Christmas. 2. Municipal Monday: Gaithersburg, Rockville and Poolesville all have meetings of their town leaders. Here’s the Gaithersburg agenda. Here’s the Rockville agenda. And here’s Poolesville’s. 3. A Fond Farewell: Julie Palakovich Carr is leaving the Rockville […]

The federal government shutdown — which President Trump said Friday could last months or years, according to a report from Axios — is hitting many Marylanders in their pocketbooks. Based on Comptroller’s Office estimates, federal employees who live in Maryland are losing between $75 million to $100 million per week. That’s based on data that […]

D.C. residents can start calling us Marry-land! Because of the government shutdown, the D.C. Superior Court is closed, meaning D.C. residents cannot go to the Marriage Bureau to get a marriage license. Two days before their wedding, Danielle Geanacopoulos and Dan Pollock, a couple who met working on the Hill as Democratic staffers, went viral […]

Over 800,000 federal employees are furloughed because of the partial government shutdown. Here’s a breakdown about what’s open, partly opened and closed during the partial government shutdown. Open or Partly Open Montgomery County and Maryland’s local government agencies are unaffected by the shutdown. Glen Echo Park (It’s owned by National Park Services, but the county […]

Chef José Andrés has pledged to feed furloughed federal workers at his six D.C. area restaurants, including Jaleo in Bethesda, until the government shutdown ends. On Dec. 21, a day before the government officially shutdown, President Donald Trump tweeted that if the democrats didn’t agree to allocate money towards a $5.6 billion dollar border wall, […]

Maryland and Montgomery County officials spoke at the Committee for Montgomery’s 2018 Annual Legislative Breakfast. The Committee for Montgomery consists of county leaders who promote policies to increase opportunities for county residents. More specifically, they support education policies and promote economic and infrastructure development that would benefit the county. At the breakfast, Senator Chris Van […]

Glen Echo Park lost more than $300,000 in revenue during to the federal government shutdown and a few days before the shutdown was resolved, County Executive Ike Leggett called on the National Park Service to reopen the park.  Take a look: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

On Oct. 10, Senator Barbara Mikulski, spoke on the Senate floor on the disastrous impact of shutdown on Maryland, nation and the world. Take a look. Video Courtesy: mikulski.senate.gov   Senator Mikulski’s remarks on the Senate floor, as delivered. “The Senate is meant to be the greatest deliberative body in the world. If we follow […]

On Oct. 9, Senator Barbara Mikulski, stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building and fervently called on the House Republicans to end the shutdown. Mikulski highlighted the negative impact the shutdown is having on federal government agencies and used the FBI not having money for gas as an example. Take a look. Video […]