Montgomery Community Media

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has issued a statewide proclamation declaring Saturday, January 9th as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Maryland. On January 9th of each year, organizations across the country promote National Law Enforcement Day to show their support of our nation’s law enforcement officials. Maryland has 152 police departments and approximately 15,000 police officers. […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan presented updates on Maryland’s fiscal outlook, ahead of the Fiscal Year 2017 budget at a news conference held on Thursday. Hogan’s proposed budget fully funds all General Assembly statutory obligations, which accounts for 83 percent of the operating budget. The Hogan administration plans to introduce a bill aimed to control mandated […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has announced the appointment of Stacy McCormack and Donna Schaeffer to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Harry Storm to the Montgomery County Circuit Court, and Lisa Broten to the Howard County District Court. The governor made the appointments after reviewing submissions from the judicial nominating commissions. “After conducting a […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced an multi-agency initiative headed by the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention to extensively review the legal and regulatory barriers that individuals with a criminal record face when re-entering the community following time in prison. According to a news release, individuals with a criminal record and who have spent time […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today signed an Executive Order rescinding the state of emergency in the 15 counties and Baltimore City that were at risk for flooding due to recent heavy rain. There are currently no jurisdictions in Maryland under a state of emergency. “I want to thank the state agencies and emergency personnel that […]

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, who is vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan this week encouraging the Governor to contact Congressional Republican leadership in the both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in an effort to join in working to protect federal funding […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that is eliminating and cutting fees statewide. He said the rollback will save Marylanders $51 million over five years. You can watch the announcement, below: According to the governor’s office, eight agencies will reduce or completely eliminate hundreds of individual fees currently levied by Maryland’s government. In total, the Hogan […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the Maryland State Flag to be flown at half-staff in honor of Delegate James E. Proctor Jr., who died on Thursday September 10. Delegate James E. Proctor Jr. represented District 27A for Charles and Prince George’s Counties. The flag shall continue to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Saturday, […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced $25 million for statewide road investments today. According to a news release, local governments will be receiving applications in the mail soon that need to be submitted by September 30. Historically, 30 percent of all Highway User Revenues went to counties and municipalities to support their local transportation funding, but […]

Governor Larry Hogan today encouraged Marylanders to participate in “National Night Out Against Crime,” which will take place in counties and law enforcement agencies throughout the state on Aug. 4. National Night Out is a community-police awareness-raising event, held each year on the first Tuesday of August. “National Night Out represents a commitment from our […]