Montgomery Community Media

Republican county executive candidate Robin Ficker is objecting to a Nov. 15 forum hosted by The Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce because the event includes only the three Democratic candidates for the position. The event got an attack from a second front — that the chamber was seeking $50 from chamber members and $70 from […]

Area leaders and the business community are worried about the impacts on the local economy if sequestration goes in effect on March 1. Maryland has 130,000 federal workers whose salaries could be cut 20 percent due to furloughs and in fiscal year 2012, Montgomery County alone had $5 billion in prime federal contracting awards that […]