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12/8/2011 The Washington Post Federal whistleblower takes embattled job in Montgomery County
12/7/2011 The Gazette Bus transit, economy focus of new council president
12/6/2011 The Patch Council Balks on Curfew Vote
12/5/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County needs better oversight of its vehicles, inspector’s report says
12/4/2011 The Patch Test Driving the ICC
12/2/2011 The Washington Post Three strikes on the Montgomery curfew
12/1/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery legislators may throw curfew into limbo
12/1/2011 The Patch UPDATE: Montgomery County Curfew Bill On Its Last Leg
12/1/2011 The Daily Record Editorial: The ICC conundrum
12/1/2011 The Washington Examiner Montgomery County panel rejects curfew, loitering bills
11/30/2011 The Washington Examiner Pension costs soar for Montgomery County schools
11/22/2011 The Washington Examiner Montgomery County youth curfew unlikely to pass
11/21/2011 The Washington Examiner Montgomery County to bring back abused tuition assistance program
11/16/2011 The Gazette Montgomery to consider funding for news website
11/16/2011 The Gazette Proposed Montgomery County legislation would allow voting by mail
11/15/2011 The Washington Post Closing the Montgomery-Fairfax gap
11/12/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery’s big-box bill sends the wrong signal to retailers
11/9/2011 The Gazette Montgomery County suspends renewable energy tax credits
11/9/2011 The Gazette Councilmembers honor Leisure World
11/9/2011 The Gazette State school construction dollars fall way short: Montgomery councilman
11/1/2011 The Washington Examiner Region wins $268.9 million to ease gridlock
10/27/2011 The Daily Record Groups ready their legislative tax strategies
10/27/2011 The Washington Examiner Overtime costs MontCo residents $8.7 million extra
10/26/2011 The Washington Post D.C. area’s interim emergency plan: Tiny steps ‘to nowhere’
10/26/2011 The Washington Post Councilman Elrich: Montgomery firefighters broke the law
10/15/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo gang-prevention programs may lose funding
10/15/2011 The Washington Examiner Fairfax, MontCo compete for jobs using vastly different budgets, strategies
10/14/2011 The Gazette Youth groups contest use of athletic fields in Montgomery County
10/12/2011 Maryland Reporter Minority leaders denounce proposed redistricting maps
10/12/2011 The Gazette Montgomery resolution sparks peace protest
10/12/2011 The Gazette Conferences, new website among plans to pitch Montgomery to businesses
10/11/2011 The Baltimore Sun Democrats oppose new congressional map
10/11/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo lawmakers oppose redistricting plan
10/8/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo lawmakers kill peace bill
10/6/2011 The Sentinel Parks doing well despite budget problems
10/5/2011 The Gazette Montgomery County Council restores much of neighborhood zoning rules
10/4/2011 The Washington Examiner Montgomery Council votes to cut construction spending
10/4/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County Council finalizes development scheme
10/3/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo lawmakers urge Congress to cut military spending
10/3/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery legislators to vote on controversial development proposal
9/29/2011 The Sentinel New local cable show features county council
9/29/2011 The Sentinel County continues bickering over proposed curfew
9/28/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County curbs use of take-home vehicles to control for cost, misuse
9/24/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County government’s culture of secrecy
9/22/2011 The Washington Post Incomes fall in Montgomery and Fairfax counties
9/21/2011 The Gazette Montgomery Curbs Use of Take-Home Vehicles
9/20/2011 The Examiner MontCo must spend $20m on ADA building
9/18/2011 Gaithersburg Patch Plan Needs Backup
9/13/2011 The Washington Post Vote on Montgomery curfew won’t come soon
9/8/2011 The Examiner MontCo councilman targets firefighters' 'Fill the Boot' campaign
8/4/2011 The Gazette Employees take home 349 vehicles; county’s 2010 fuel bill nearly $16 million
8/4/2011 The Gazette Montgomery politicians’ gifts, properties to face stricter scrutiny
8/4/2011 The Gazette Parks Department to allow donors to name parks, facilities
8/4/2011 The Gazette County Notes: Montgomery lobbyist takes job with Pepco
8/4/2011 The Gazette Next up in Dream Act battle: a lawsuit
7/14/2011 The Washington Examiner Montgomery looks to impose youth curfew
7/14/2011 The Washington Examiner Montgomery Council approves smoking ban at playgrounds
7/14/2011 The Washington Examiner Council considers scaling back union rights
7/14/2011 The Washington Post Unshackling Montgomery County police
7/14/2011 The Baltimore Sun Montgomery Co. considers curfew to reduce gangs, violence
7/14/2011 The Patch Montgomery County Police Push for Teen Curfew to Prevent Crime
7/14/2011 The Gazette Montgomery County considers giving police chief more power
7/14/2011 The Gazette Montgomery bans smoking in some public places
7/12/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County Council to consider proposal on curfew for teenagers
7/12/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery council poised to take up union-bargaining measure
7/12/2011 The Washington Times Montgomery’s move to further curb smoking meets resistance
7/12/2011 The Gazette Leggett proposes curfew for Montgomery youth
7/12/2011 The Gazette Pepco finishes last in customer satisfaction survey
7/7/2011 The Baltimore Sun Thousands of state workers forced to pay union fees
7/7/2011 The Gazette Police union asks court to step into pay dispute
7/7/2011 The Gazette Appeals court denies Montgomery inspector general’s request for police investigation documents
6/30/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery’s time to slow the exorbitant rate of police disability retirements
6/30/2011 The Gazette Montgomery Council trims employee disability benefits
6/30/2011 The Gazette Montgomery police union threatens to sue the county
6/30/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery council leader’s switch on unions shows shift in politics
6/30/2011 The Patch Clarksburg's Supermarket-Stifling Restriction Lifted
6/30/2011 The Gazette Montgomery County considers partial smoking ban
6/30/2011 The Sentinel About sirens . . .
6/30/2011 The Sentinel Sirens and the lack of them in Montgomery County brings many questions to mind
6/30/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo predicts 2.7 percent budget shortfall for FY13
6/23/2011 The Gazette Montgomery mandates new oversight for schools
6/23/2011 The Sentinel Reflections on Town Center
6/23/2011 The Examiner P.G. back in running for HHS complex
6/23/2011 The Examiner Disability spending in MontCo dwarfs Fairfax
6/23/2011 The Sentinel Council Investigates "Slush Fund" in Education Budget
6/21/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery Co. firefighters can ‘Fill the Boot,’ but do it off the road
6/21/2011 The Washington Examiner Pepco CEO: Top performance some years away
6/21/2011 The Gazette New oversight is mandated for school finances
6/21/2011 The Patch County Councilman Rice meets with President Obama
6/17/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo inspector general to investigate schools' finances
6/16/2011 The Washington Examiner Leggett to back off Pepco
6/16/2011 The Gazette Montgomery council approves two Planning Board members
6/16/2011 The Gazette Pepco halts tree removal along rustic roads
6/16/2011 The Washington Examiner Examiner Local Editorial: Is MCPS hiding any more slush funds?
6/14/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery’s $18 million schools ‘miracle’
6/14/2011 The Gazette Montgomery committee: No boot filling on county time
6/14/2011 The Patch Committee Questions Ethics, Safety of Letting County Workers Panhandle in the Street for Charity
6/14/2011 The Washington Examiner MontCo may ban soliciting on medians
6/9/2011 The Gazette Montgomery police union pressures County Council
6/9/2011 Washington Examiner MontCo school board asks state lawmakers to make counties pay up
6/8/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County solicits public input on new White Flint development
6/7/2011 The Gazette School system won't shift more health care costs to employees in 2012
6/7/2011 The Examiner MontCo Council puts target on police union, disability benefits
6/7/2011 Gaithersburg Patch Montgomery County Marks 60 Years of Library Service
6/7/2011 The Gazette Montgomery police union puts pressure on County Council
6/2/2011 Frederick News Post Trouble in MontCo
5/26/2011 Washington Examiner MontCo teachers saved in revised budget plan
5/26/2011 The Gazette Montgomery council to take final budget vote Thursday
5/26/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery increases spending, leaves few happy
5/26/2011 Washington Examiner MontCo approves $4.4 B budget, spectators 'boo' council president
5/26/2011 The Gazette Analysis: Winners and losers of the Montgomery County budget
5/26/2011 The Patch School Cuts Are a Big Part of County Budget Savings
5/26/2011 Washington Post Montgomery charts a responsible course on spending
5/22/2011 Washington Examiner Storm, overtime costs push MontCo over budget by $54m
5/10/2011 The Washington Post Common sense, at last, on the Montgomery County budget
5/5/2011 The Patch Hispanic Business Leader Chastises Montgomery County Council
5/3/2011 Washington Examiner Montgomery waves white flag on Secure Communities
5/1/2011 The Patch Hitting the 'Reset Button' on School Spending
4/26/2011 Washington Examiner Leggett says he plans to fight feds over illegal-immigration program
4/20/2011 Washington Examiner Feds force MontCo to join deportation program
4/18/2011 Washington Examiner Montgomery County Council to block Leggett's $4m Costco deal
4/17/2011 Washington Examiner Md. law granting illegals reduced tuition to cost millions
4/16/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County Executive warns against changes to budget proposal
4/15/2011 Gazette New state law delays penalty if school funding doesn't match previous year's
4/6/2011 Gazette Montgomery council might go after schools' health care benefits
4/6/2011 Gazette Montgomery volunteer firefighters' report defends role
4/6/2011 Gazette Montgomery union battle heats up
4/6/2011 Gazette Montgomery council committee advances bag tax
4/5/2011 Washington Examiner Some bristle at green bills' cost
3/28/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery lawmakers worried about system that allowed possible double payments
3/25/2011 The Washington Post Accustomed to generosity, Montgomery County struggles with budget limits
3/23/2011 Gazette Montgomery County's libraries, health services, employees hardest hit in proposed budget
3/23/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery schools go too far with legal ploy for more funds despite hard times
3/11/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery schools try to force money from a strapped county
3/11/2011 The Washington Post Moving the goal posts for Montgomery workers
3/9/2011 Washington Examiner Schools, county gird for showdown over student spending
3/2/2011 Gazette Montgomery council angry about Pepco Holdings' reported earnings last year
3/2/2011 Gazette Montgomery council moves closer to banning rural airstrips
3/2/2011 Gazette Montgomery County task force to address funding for rapid transit
3/2/2011 Gazette Council learns what growth in Montgomery minorities means
3/2/2011 Gazette Panhandling puzzle
2/24/2011 The Washington Post Madison in Montgomery?
2/7/2011 Washington Examiner MontCo Council: Pepco ignores maintenance
2/7/2011 The Patch County committee holds work session on PEPCO reliability, alternatives
2/7/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery officials scold Pepco
2/7/2011 Gazette Montgomery County members raise possibility of replacing Pepco
2/3/2011 NBC Enough is enough, Pepco
2/2/2011 Gazette Commission recommends eliminating redundancies in Montgomery County government
2/2/2011 Washington Examiner MD. investigating Pepco for overcharging customers
2/2/2011 The Washington Post Pepco may charge more due to outages
2/2/2011 The Patch Berliner discusses Pepco at town hall forum
2/2/2011 The Patch Berliner calls for Pepco customer restitution
2/2/2011 TBD Pepco charging customers during power outages?
2/1/2011 The Washington Post Montgomery County may face battles after recommendation to thin out bureaucracy
2/1/2011 Washington Examiner MontCo panel: Cut agencies, open up contract negotiations to save money
1/27/2011 Washington Examiner MD appeals court : Cops must pay speed-camera tickets
1/26/2011 Gazette Montgomery County considers ways to prevent misuse of tuition assistance funds
1/21/2011 The Baltimore Sun General Assembly taking up gay marriage issue
 

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