Female County Councilmembers Celebrate Women Who Advocate
More than 225 women gathered at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown to celebrate International Women’s Day and to discuss ways to bring more women into positions of power.… Read More
More than 225 women gathered at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown to celebrate International Women’s Day and to discuss ways to bring more women into positions of power.… Read More
Dr. Nina Ashford, who has 15 years experience leading public health programing at the federal, state and local levels, was named Tuesday as Montgomery County’s Chief of Public Health Services.… Read More
County Councilmember Will Jawando introduced a bill that aims to address “period poverty” and would require free menstrual products in more public restrooms. Under the Menstrual Products Access and Equity… Read More
All Together Now: In Schools Together, Learn Together, Achieve Together. This is the theme of Montgomery County Public Schools’ newly rolled out attendance action plan. During the previous school year,… Read More
Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) action plan to combat systematic antiracism includes teacher training and ensuring that all schools are treated equally. It includes a role for everyone involved in… Read More
UPDATED with comments from Former Councilmember Craig Rice Former Councilmember Craig Rice withdrew his name from consideration for a new county position as Special Projects Manager. The county council had… Read More
While the majority of Montgomery County councilmembers still want to ban the sale and use of gas leaf blowers, it apparently will take longer for that to happen. After a… Read More
A 200-page Anti-Racist System Audit report of the Montgomery County Public Schools shows the need for a district-wide effort to enable all students, regardless of their background, to be able… Read More
About 100 people gathered outside the Brigadier General Charles McGee Library in Silver Spring where the Purple Line will traverse to learn how to ensure that the light rail line… Read More
In its new strategic plan for fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year 2026, Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will look to expand access to library services among underserved communities. The… Read More
From providing free menstrual products to correcting disparities between schools, Hana O’Looney had a very eventful tenure as the 44th Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB). O’Looney, who completed… Read More
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will discuss a recently-released preliminary audit report of the county police department (MCPD) during a virtual community forum at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Elrich will discuss… Read More