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Montgomery County Council approves $4.8 billion budget
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
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...
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One dead, one hurt after Montgomery Mall construction collapse
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
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....
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Worker crushed to death after Montgomery Mall garage collapses
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
