Maryland Politics Watch

Montgomery County Cable Administrator and Del. Jane Lawton sent along the following notice regarding Comcast's plan to deprive subscribe...

MPW plans to continue its summer hiatus for another 10 days or so. Hope everyone is enjoying the great summer weather.

Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown will appear on the "Political Pulse" TV Show on Thursday, July 19th at 9:00 p.m. and Tu...

Read on the Washington Post opinion page today why I oppose the proposed interstate compact to reform the Electoral College.

Mike Madden of the Maryland Transit Administration who is the Project Manager for the Purple Line will be on the "Political Pulse"...

According to pollster.com , Bush's approval rating is now at 27% due to a steady plunge over the past two months. This is not the resul...

The yowls that went up from the land at Governor O'Malley's relatively minor cuts of $213 million will make slots all the more appe...

See this no-punches-pulled post by MoCoPolitics on the Montgomery's delegation in the Maryland Senate.

Mike Madden of the Maryland Transit Administration who is the Project Manager for the Purple Line will be on the "Political Pulse"...

County Executive Ike Leggett says it could be tough to get funding for the Purple Line: “There’s only so much money out there,” County Exec...

If you want to date yourself, you can always talk about how you remember when Lowen's toy store and Gifford's Ice Cream were locate...

I always think of Federal Realty in terms of Bethesda Row and Rockville Town Square. However, they own the shopping center in Cleveland Pa...

Here is a roundup of the projects currently under construction (or about to start construction) in the Bethesda Central Business District. A...

Takoma Park is hosting its annual Fourth of July celebrations which include both a parade and fireworks. The parade goes down Maple Ave. a...

Donna Edwards , who lost to Congressman Albert Wynn (Fourth District of Maryland) by a small margin in the 2006 Democratic primary, will be...

I received this note earlier today: Dear Neighbors, I am asking for your help on a very important issue. As many of you may know, in May the...

Read about it in the Baltimore Sun , and the Washington Post .

Dan Milbank of the Washington Post reports: Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.), a Republican presidential candidate, voted for the [immigration] bil...

The Washington Post reports: Things got a bit heated when the issue of enforcing immigration warrants came up last week during Montgomery C...

The Washington Post reports: Linda H. Lamone, Maryland's elections administrator, is featured prominently promoting a Diebold Election ...

In my last post , I listed some of the potential ways that Maryland could raise additional revenue (read: new taxes) to plug the gaping hole...

Maryland faces a big hole in next year's budget currently estimated at $1.5 billion. Sen. Rich Madaleno's office provided me esti...

Kumar Barve, the MD House of Delegates Majority Leader and Tony O'Donnell, the MD House of Delegates Minority Leader will be on "Po...

Lots 31 and 31A, better known as the parking lots across the street from Barnes and Noble at Bethesda and Woodmont Aves., is becoming the Ar...

Chevy Chase Councilwoman Kathy Strom testified before the County Council for the Town on the proposed growth policy changes: Good evening. M...

Marc Elrich wrote the following letter regarding the changes to the County's growth policy proposed by the Planning Board: The Planning ...

Marc Fisher muses on the problem of noise pollution but it is the reader comments that are a real eye opener. This is one topic on which ...

Want to help plan the Purple Line? Now is your chance according to the following MNCPPC press release: The Montgomery County Planning Board...

The Council of the Town of Chevy Chase will hold an important meeting tomorrow. Among other issues on the agenda will be: Adoption of th...

Montgomery County plans to revise its sex-ed curriculum after seeing the results of the pilot project this past semester: Montgomery County...

Supporters of the Purple Line sent out a letter to Kensington residents arguing that the Purple Line will save Kensington residents from tra...

Well I got back from my first Nationals game today with closer Chad Cordero serving up a gofer ball on his third pitch of the ninth inning ...

I have arrived in Montenegro but you can read all about my visit to Kosovo over at the Agonist, including metrosexuals in the Balkans , why ...

Well it looks like only a thumbs up from County Executive Ike Leggett separates the new Rockville Library from being renamed in Doug Duncan...

The state Democratic party has been running a Presidential Poll that anyone can participate in. I have. And I think it is interesting to s...

Read my first post from Kosovo's capital , Pristina, as well as how " you can't get there from here " in the former Yugosl...

WTOP reports : As studies ramp up on the proposed Purple Line, which would connect Bethesda to New Carrollton , transportation officials se...

You can read my posts over on the Agonist on language politics in Yugoslavia (do Bosnians need a translator to understand Serbs?) and rando...

Maryland Senate President Mike Miller will be on the "Political Pulse"political talk show on Channel 16 TV in Montgomery County on...

You can read my first post from Novi Pazar (means "New Bazaar" in Serbian) over at The Agonist . Still no news on the Purple Lin...

Hello to all. I've arrived safely in Belgrade. It is wet and chilly here--oddly like it was in DC last month when my friend from Belgr...

Pam Browning, a leader in the fight to save the trail which currently exists along much of the route of the proposed light-rail version of ...

Welcome readers. As a two-timing participant of the Iowa Caucus you get use to seeing Presidential candidates, their surrogates, high level ...

I am getting ready to travel to Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro for three weeks for the State Department. In Serbia, I'll be lecturing a...

In a speech on transportation, Gov. Martin O'Malley stated that he prefers a "subway" version of the Purple Line instead of v...

Montgomery County has banned trans fats : Montgomery's measure follows similar legislation in New York and Philadelphia, which ordered t...

The Chevy Chase Town Council voted unanimously to donate $10,000 to help upgrade the playground at Rosemary Hills Elementary School, locate...

The Washington Post reports that eight students wrote the University of Maryland administration to support the Purple Line: In an April 25 ...