Montgomery Community Media

The officer who died in the line of duty on I-270 last year will be honored at the annual Maryland State Police Fallen Heroes Ceremony. Deputy Chief State Fire Marshal Sander Cohen will be honored during the unveiling of a new memorial honoring members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal killed in the […]

Montgomery College President Dr. DeRionne Pollard called the bill passed by the Maryland General Assembly that would offer free tuition at community colleges throughout the state “groundbreaking.” Her response comes after Gov. Larry Hogan signed the bill into law early Tuesday. “One of the things we know for sure is that poverty is continuously the […]

Amazon is considering as many as 80,000 jobs for its “HQ2,” Gov. Larry Hogan said Tuesday. “The good news is they’re talking about direct jobs [50,000] and 80,000. And our economist at Department of Commerce says there’s at least 1-to-1 ratio, so 50,000 jobs means over a 100. Sixty or 80 means even more,” the […]

Gov. Larry Hogan would win head-to-head matchups against each of the Democrats trying to take his seat, according to the results of a poll out Tuesday. Undecided voters, however, remain high enough — more than 20 percent — to keep the outcome mathematically in doubt. The results are from the Goucher Poll, conducted by the […]

Gov. Larry Hogan, in the county for an autism event and a business event, toured the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove fire station, getting a look at fire equipment and the lives of firefighters.

Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday asked Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn for a new procurement for a consulting contract to guide $9 billion in highway spending. The $68.5 million contract became the source of questions by the Board of Public Works. The Daily Record in Baltimore reported that Rahn had failed to disclose ownership and sale […]

A new brewery opened in Rockville on Friday in an office complex off Gude Drive. True Respite brewery will produce and sell its craft brews. The opening drew Gov. Larry Hogan. Brewmaster Kenny Allen said True Respite is using two systems. One allows him to create large quantities to take to market, and the other […]

Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation Tuesday aimed to improve the safety in the State’s public schools. Sponsored by State Senator Katherine Klausmeier (D-Baltimore), the Maryland Safe to Learn Act of 2018 will increase funding designed to improve the safety of the State’s public schools. The bill, which goes into effect on June 1 this year, […]

Gov. Larry Hogan submitted a $5 million supplemental budget that would provide more funding for the Maryland Center for School Safety, according to a news release. Maryland’s Center for School Safety was established in 2013 with school districts,  law enforcement agencies, local government, community organizations and parents, tasked to provide comprehensive policy for school safety […]

Gov. Larry Hogan toured the Public Safety Training Academy in Gaithersburg and received an update on the county’s efforts to combat gang violence from Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and Police Chief Tom Manger. Hogan was asked to give an update on Maryland’s bid to lure Seattle-based Amazon to build its “HQ2” in the state. […]