About 63 percent of the roughly 1,000 children in Montgomery County’s Head Start program come from multilingual households. A federal proposal would impose an English-only mandate, and the comment period has already closed.Continue Reading
Sixty percent of Maryland likely voters want to open the state’s primaries, including 74 percent of unaffiliated voters and 71 percent of voters under 35. Republicans are the only group opposed.Continue Reading
The new UMBC Poll shows Wes Moore beating Dan Cox 67 percent to 13 percent among likely voters in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, double his statewide margin. Three in four local voters plan to vote by mail or during early voting.Continue Reading
Rockville’s Human Rights Commission has established a Service Dog Advocacy Task Force, according to City Councilmember Adam Van Grack, who says it appears to be the first local-government task force of its kind in Maryland.Continue Reading
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined 20 other attorneys general in a comment letter opposing a DHS rule that refers asylum applications to immigration court without an interview.Continue Reading
The Supreme Court of Maryland kept the congressional redistricting amendment on the November ballot but ordered its summary rewritten, partially reversing two circuit courts that had removed it.Continue Reading
The Red Line shutdown between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights ends this weekend, and the temporary bus lanes that carried its replacement shuttles down Rockville Pike and Wisconsin Avenue start coming out the same day the trains come back. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration said Thursday itContinue Reading
Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel published a guide to BGE’s request to raise residential electric distribution rates about 17 percent. Most of Montgomery County is on Pepco, but BGE serves part of the county.Continue Reading
Rockville Councilmember Adam Van Grack says the approved 60-home Rockshire Village redevelopment across from Wootton High School has been indefinitely suspended, and he argues the developer cited the school closure decision as the reason. What Happened According to Van Grack’s August 17 statement, EYA told the City of Rockville thatContinue Reading
The U.S. Coast Guard is asking Montgomery County boaters to participate in the 2026 National Recreational Boating Safety Survey, which collects data on who goes boating, what boats they use, and how often. The survey covers all types of boating, including kayaking on Lake Needwood or Little Seneca Lake, boatingContinue Reading