County Councilmember Will Jawando (D-At large) has picked up the backing of another organized labor group, as the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO late last week announced it is endorsing him for Montgomery County executive. The regional...
NoBE II to offer units for tenants earning 30% to 70% of area median income March 30, 2026 5:30 p.m. 5:31 p.m. Construction is underway on a 268-unit housing development in North Bethesda that will offer units that are affordable for households...
Meet 10 local high students going above and beyond in their passions and communities March 30, 2026 3:00 p.m. 5:02 p.m. A series of racially charged incidents at Rockville’s Thomas S. Wootton High School during the 2024-2025 school year led to the...
Getting rid of costly electric buses is a good start March 30, 2026 3:00 p.m. 2:53 p.m. Literacy and math proficiency rates for low-income Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students were a dismal 35% and 15% respectively last year. Instead of...
Saturday’s event was one of several in county targeting Trump administration March 30, 2026 3:01 p.m. 3:11 p.m. Thousands of demonstrators gathered along Rockville Pike on Saturday for a local installment of the nationwide “No Kings” protest...
Thursday’s vote by the Montgomery County school board to overhaul Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) programming model and shift attendance areas – including moving Thomas S. Wootton High to Gaithersburg – left many community members feeling...
Youth concerns, redevelopment opportunities, public safety key concerns for area voters For the first time this campaign season, all seven candidates for Montgomery County executive shared a stage during a candidate forum last week at the Wheaton...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education is moving out of its Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters building,...
Plus: State bill would fine drivers who don’t clear snow, ice from vehicles; Two injured in Gaithersburg wrong-way crash March 30, 2026 6:00 a.m. 11:38 p.m. Montgomery County police are investigating a shooting Friday night that left a 20-year-old...
New York City-based eatery Daily Provisions also plans to open Bethesda outpost in neighboring high-rise apartment building March 27, 2026 2:02 p.m. 2:03 p.m. The Food Market, an American restaurant specializing in “playful” comfort foods, is...
C.J. Jenkins is the man behind @mocohoops Sitting in the stands of the Montgomery College gymnasium in Rockville, Northwest High School boys varsity basketball head coach Calvin “C.J.” Jenkins set up his phone Wednesday night to live stream the...
People with developmental disabilities come with family members and support staff to rally against budget cuts this week in Annapolis. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters) A final spending plan for fiscal 2027 will likely not include...
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....