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Montgomery County has been getting an influx of 311 calls from residents asking for assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, said county Spokesperson Barry Hudson at a virtual meeting Wednesday.  311 is the customer service number for the county. Residents can get government information about services and other related topics. When county employees began teleworking in […]

The Council unanimously approved the County’s $5.8 billion FY 2020 Operating Budget and amendments to the FY19-24 Capital Improvements Program on Thursday. Education, early child care, and equitable services for community members are among the top priorities according to officials.  Below is a chart of how the funding will be allocated. Watch the video for […]

Several Montgomery County Council committees are meeting Thursday. On the agenda, student loans, taxicabs, public campaign financing, a telework regulation, declaration of no further need property, and safe routes to school. Below is the committee schedule: The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy and Education committees will meet jointly at 9:30 a.m. to […]

The Governor’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs will present the “Outstanding Elected Official Award” to Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro on Oct. 15 at a a reception at the Governor’s home in Annapolis in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Navarro chairs the Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee and has previously served as Montgomery County Council president. “In my […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro today expressed enthusiasm for the continued progress of a two-year pilot program that will have Olney Town Center involved in a microgrid project that could be a model for the future of electric power service. Among the goals of the project would be to reduce critical load outages by 98 […]

The Latino community, civic engagement, education and economic empowerment are among the topics that will be addressed during the inaugural Montgomery County Latino Leadership Summit at the Montgomery Community Media studios in Rockville on Feb. 10. Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro and Fox News analyst Juan Williams are among the panelists scheduled to participate in […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will launch a new public education campaign about the consequences of failing to practice safe pedestrian behaviors at a 11 a.m. press conference on Dec. 18. The conference will take place in the parking lot of Carroll Apartments at the intersection of Piney Branch Road and Carroll Avenue, Silver Spring. […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett  joined county, school and state officials on Oct. 31 to urge the Governor and the Maryland General Assembly to support legislation that would benefit Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) similar to a bill passed last year for the Baltimore City Public Schools. The legislation would jump start a public school […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett announced on Oct. 28 that Montgomery County has maintained its Triple-A bond rating from three Wall Street bond rating agencies, just one week after Leggett, Council President Nancy Navarro, Council Vice President Craig Rice and other county officials met with the agencies to brief Wall Street on the county’s fiscal […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Education and Health and Human Services (HHS) committees will meet on April 24 at 9:30 a.m. on April 24 for a joint worksession on programs for young children, school wellness centers, the Kennedy Cluster Project and Public/Private Partnerships for special needs students. The reviews are part of the Council’s examination of […]