Controversial proposals move forward after 7-1 vote The Montgomery County school board on Thursday approved new school boundary lines that would permanently move Rockville’s Thomas S. Wootton High School into the upcoming Crown High in Gaithersburg...
People on the Go Deputy Director Tracy Wright speaks against proposed budget cuts to developmental disabilities services at a February rally outside the State House, as Executive Director Mat Rice looks on. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland...
A lawsuit by 16 states and the District of Columbia says the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has new guidance that could weaken state discrimination protections. (Photo courtesy of HUD Office of Public Affairs) Sixteen states and...
Wastewater flows again through the Potomac Interceptor, a 54-mile sewer line that ruptured Jan. 19, when water was diverted to allow for repairs. (Photo courtesy DC Water) DC Water has completed the final steps necessary to return flow to the...
People gather in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol in the final days of the 2026 legislative session. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/ Virginia Mercury) Virginia lawmakers wrapped up the 2026 General Assembly session in dramatic fashion...
Advocates gathered on a cold, rainy Thursday to push back against steep cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters) Despite being “extremely thankful” that state leaders worked with them to...
Hundreds of Marylanders rally as Senate budget leaders wrap up decisions on whether to keep a proposed $150 million cut to services for those with developmental disabilities. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters) Hundreds of developmental...
Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomery) agreed to carve churches out of her bill prohibiting nonprofits from partisan activities, after Black lawmakers raised concerns about the historical importance of houses of worship in civil rights activism. (Photo by...
A Cesar Chavez mural in San Francisco. Schools in Maryland and D.C. named for the late labor activist are considering name changes, after reports surfaced that he sexually abused women and girls involved in the farm worker labor movement, including...
Shari Bailey, founder and CEO of nonprofit Laila’s Gift, said her world was "shattered" when her autistic daughter ran off from a caregiver's supervision. She's pushing legislation to provide greater resources to support those who are prone to...
Sen. Ron Watson (D-Prince George's) in an October file photo. His bill, to ease restrictions on lawakers holding second jobs, got a boost Friday from the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. (File photo by Christine Condon/ Maryland Matters) Sen....
Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomery), center, testifies to the Senate Education, Energy and the Environment Committee on her bill banning anyone convicted in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol from serving on a state commission, board, or work group....
(Illustration by Haley Parsley/Capital News Service) WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police tailed one man while he commuted home from work — but when he stopped to get some water, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up and took him away. A...
Sen. Kevin Harris (D-Prince George’s, Charles and Calvert) during a bill hearing Wednesday as a member of Senate Education, Energy and the Environment Committee. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters) Cell phone use by students in Maryland’s...
Several hundred showed up Tuesday to rally outside the State House, in protest over a second year of cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration budget. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters) Tensions were on full display during a...
Free shuttle services will be available from July to September; crews to work on Purple Line mezzanine project at Bethesda Metro station From July to September, “major construction” work on a portion of Metro’s Red Line in Montgomery County will be...
Jamal Thompson, 31, was in mental health crisis, according to 911 caller March 26, 2026 11:30 a.m. 11:35 a.m. Less than three minutes after making contact with a man in a mental health crisis on Dec. 15, a group of Montgomery County police officers...
Plus, police offer $10K reward in Westfield Wheaton mall robbery; Bethesda developers plan redevelopment of former GEICO headquarters in Friendship Heights March 26, 2026 6:00 a.m. 5:35 p.m. Silver Spring resident Gedeon “Papa Kwam” Agbeyome was...
Bill amendment threatens longstanding effort to revise process for filling legislative vacancies House Democrats vowed to press ahead with an amended Senate bill that is their attempt to salvage some type of legislative win on redistricting this...