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  • Montgomery Council approves $4.8b budget

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: 11 hr ago

    Montgomery County taxpayers will begin paying higher property taxes on July 1 as the County Council approved a $4.8 billion budget on Thursday that includes multimillion-dollar pay raises for members of three county labor unions. The county will spend about $34 million for pay increases...

  • One dead, one hurt after Montgomery Mall construction collapse

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: 11 hr ago

    A 50,000-pound beam collapsed on the third deck of a mall parking garage, killing one man working on the second floor and trapping another for hours. As crews labored on a new parking garage at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, a center concrete panel collapsed at about 1:45 p.m....

  • Worker crushed to death after Montgomery Mall garage collapses

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: 15 hr ago

    Updated, 4:05 p.m. One construction worker is dead and another severely injured after a 50,000-pound piece of concrete fell and crushed them at a Montgomery County mall. Montgomery County Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham said part of a construction site at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in...

  • Montgomery County task force to revamp nighttime economy

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    A Montgomery County panel will explore loosening liquor laws and integrating more bars and restaurants aimed at young people in new developments in an effort to make the county more hip. The county's Nighttime Economy Task Force, created earlier this month, has started meeting to find ways to...

  • D.C. residents have highest student loan debts

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker than the rest of the nation. People in the District have on average of about $41,000 in student...

  • Montgomery residents voice concerns about rapid bus network

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

    Montgomery County residents are raising concerns about the county's proposed bus rapid transit system after planners revealed a scaled-back system that would center around Route 355 from Clarksburg to Bethesda. About 50 people testified to the county's Planning Board for more than three hours...

  • D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells to run for mayor

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    Another D.C. council member is throwing his hat in the ring to be the next mayor of D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells announced on Saturday that he will enter the 2014 mayoral race. Wells spoke to a group of supporters on H Street in the District, saying there is a crisis of ethics inside city hall...

  • Talking points: Student kidnapper, delivering drugs, potty mouth states

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

    A student did what to avoid telling his parents he failed? Instead of coming clean about failing an English class, college student Aftab Aslam staged his own kidnapping. The Georgia Gwinnett College student purchased a mobile phone from Target, then texted his parents saying he'd been...

  • Biker killed on U Street identified

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    Police have identified the bicyclist who was struck and killed by a car on Thursday near U street. Andre Brands, 50, was riding south on 11th Street near the U Street intersection, police said, when he was struck by a car. Brand was not wearing a helmet. He was transported to a local...


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