Blog Post
April 29, 2005
Across the state, government officials, businesses, community leaders and volunteer alliances have spent at least a year making the case for why their particular base should be spared or expanded in the next BRAC.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
April 28, 2005
Students at the Laurel College Center may have two new choices for bachelor's degrees by next fall as the number of colleges involved in the center jumps to five, a Howard Community College official said.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Education
April 22, 2005
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-Dist. 5) of Mechanicsville announced April 22 that a $20,403 federal Fire Grant will go to the Prince Georges County Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department.________________________________________________________________________
April 22, 2005
Military communities nationwide are bracing for the Department of Defense to release the list of defense facilities it wants to consolidate with other bases or close completely, a process known as base realignment and closure, or BRAC.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Federal Employees
April 10, 2005
From nearly the moment that the Arlington County portion of Interstate 66 opened in 1982, various planners and officials have fought to widen it based on the simple argument that more lanes are needed to alleviate daily traffic jams.________________________________________________________________________
April 4, 2005
Governors took their pitch for Chesapeake-related cash to Congressand at least one congressman took the issue to the White Houseas leaders continued their scramble in March to secure federal support for the Bay cleanup.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Environment
April 1, 2005
ANNAPOLIS -- Top Democrats are pushing a plan to move up next year's primaries by three months to June 2006 to avoid leaving the party's Senate and gubernatorial nominees battered and broke with just two months before the November general election.________________________________________________________________________
Issues:
Jobs & the Economy