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  • Local counties in good shape compared with national trend

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sat, Mar 16, 2013

    Despite the Washington area's slowing growth rate -- down to 1.5 percent last year from 1.9 percent the year before -- its counties are in good shape compared with the 33 percent across the country that are losing population to old age and migration. Nationwide, 1,135 of 3,143 counties saw...

  • Young migrants flow in, out of region as immigrants settle in suburbs

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sat, Mar 16, 2013

    As young professionals eschew the suburbs for the city, an immigrant-driven population surge outside the District is masking the thousands of residents leaving the region. The District grew to 632,323 residents last year, thanks largely to the scores of young people moving in for jobs in one...

  • Prince George's workers would face 5-day furloughs under Rushern Baker's budget

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013

    Prince George's County government employees would be furloughed five days next fiscal year under the proposed $3.2 billion budget that County Executive Rushern Baker announced Thursday afternoon. The proposal, which represents a $20 million increase over the current budget, includes increases...

  • Raises, furlough days in proposed Prince George's County budget

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013

    Prince George's County government employees would be furloughed five days next fiscal year under the proposed $3.2 billion budget that County Executive Rushern Baker announced Thursday afternon. The budget, which is a $20 million increase over fiscal 2013's plan, includes increases in...

  • More education means more jobs for local immigrants

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013

    As immigrants pour into the Washington region, more are able to find jobs and settle down thanks to their high levels of education. "We have a more diverse group of immigrants than nationally, with a lower share from Latin America, a lower share that are unauthorized and most importantly a...

  • D.C. population swells, immigrants flock to suburbs

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Thu, Mar 14, 2013

    The District's population grew nearly 2.2 percent to 632,323 residents last year as young workers flocked to the city, while its suburbs swelled because of increased immigration, according to census data released Thursday. D.C.'s population is the largest it has been since 1980, when the...

  • University of Maryland study touts surgical masks to prevent flu spread

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Wed, Mar 13, 2013

    A new University of Maryland study may have the most flu-averse covering their eyes - and their mouths. The study found that people may be much more likely to be exposed to the flu virus by airborne means than previously thought, and that having flu patients wear surgical masks can in turn...

  • Maryland resident dies of rabies in state's first case since 1976

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Tue, Mar 12, 2013

    A Maryland resident died of rabies in the state's first such case in nearly four decades. The death was confirmed by the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which did not release any other information about the victim. Officials don't know how the individual came to contract the...

  • Prince George's Council resurrects transit-oriented development bills

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Tue, Mar 12, 2013

    Supporters of the pair of transit-oriented development bills that stalled in the Prince George's County Council are hoping for better luck with two similar bills introduced this year. The proposals would make it easier for some projects to get through the oft-arduous planning process if they...

  • Prince George's County looks to add school bus cameras

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Mon, Mar 11, 2013

    The Prince George's County Police Department is pushing a bill that would add cameras to the outside of school buses to nab drivers who disregard the buses' flashing red stop signs. That violation, which police say can endanger students being picked up or dropped off, was reported 748 times by...


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