Kate Jacobson
Montgomery County reporter
Kate Jacobson is Montgomery County reporter for The Washington Examiner.
Obama, Vladimir Putin agree to disagree on Syria
By BRIAN HUGHES | 06/17/13 05:15 PM
After House blocks Gitmo closure, Obama taps envoy
By SUSAN CRABTREE | 06/17/13 03:25 PM
Is Obama losing young voters?
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CBO score of immigration bill’s effect on the budget comes out tomorrow
By JOEL GEHRKE | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
Janet Yellen's ascendancy shows durability of Ben Bernanke's program
By JOSEPH LAWLER | 06/16/13 04:25 PM
CBO: Debt limit deadline won’t hit until Oct. or Nov.
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Only you can prevent terrorists from starting forest fires
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Examiner Editorial: Obama puts up dukes and blunders into Syria
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Examiner Editorial: Metadata helps find terrorists -- and Obama voters
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Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans
06/14/13 03:11 PM
UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can't account for everything stolen
By MARK FLATTEN | 06/04/13 02:40 PM
Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
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Kate Jacobson is Montgomery County reporter for The Washington Examiner.
By Kate Jacobson | 05/16/13 07:30 PM
Also tentatively approves $4.8 billion budget The Montgomery County Council voted to cut the county's energy tax 10 percent as lawmakers tentatively approved a $4.8 billion budget for fiscal 2014 that includes multimillion-dollar employee pay raises and increases in property taxes. The...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/15/13 03:50 PM
Property taxes are set to rise again in Montgomery County, after the County Council voted to support County Executive Ike Leggett's 1.8-cent increase per $100 of value. The average homeowner, with property valued at $460,000, will see an increase of $80 a year. This is the first time the...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/14/13 07:00 PM
The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to adopt more uniform policies regarding sick leave and overtime use after a report showed employee abuse of the payouts. County Executive Ike Leggett said he is already working to stomp out overtime abuse, as his staff determines how a uniformed...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/13/13 06:55 PM
Fees retroactive to January Montgomery County has begun retroactively charging for ambulance rides. Officials started billing insurance companies for the new county ambulance fee, which was approved as of Jan. 1. But because the county didn't receive approval from the federal government to...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/10/13 06:00 PM
McQuitty is a special events manager for the city of Rockville, and organizes the city's Hometown Holidays Festival, which runs through Memorial Day Weekend, and features live music and local cuisine. The festival is in its 25th year. What is new this year for the festival? The site is...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/10/13 01:55 PM
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect corrections to the size of the WSSC rate increase and its budget, and to clarify that utility workers, not county employees, will be receiving raises. Workers at Montgomery and Prince George's counties' water and sewer provider will...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/08/13 05:40 PM
Montgomery County residents anticipating the redevelopment of Wheaton might have to wait even longer, as county officials bicker over the best way to invigorate the community. The project would move the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's office from Silver Spring to...
By Kate Jacobson | 05/07/13 06:10 PM
Diners in Fairfax County might have to pay more for their meals when eating out, if a measure being pushed by some county supervisors passes. Supervisor Gerry Hyland, D-Mount Vernon, has proposed a meal tax on restaurant goers in the county that he said would help pay for necessary services in...
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