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Connecting consumers and physicians through technology will revolutionize health care, saving costs while challenging prevailing attitudes that “getting better” begins and ends with a…
May 23, 2018, may go down as the date when a new industrial revolution started along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. That…
The deadline has passed for candidates for Montgomery County offices to qualify for matching funds under the county’s new public financing system. I am…
Your vote for local prosecutor, sometimes referred to as state’s attorney or district attorney, is critically important because prosecutors wield extraordinary power. If a…
Fundraising is a form of autobiography. How much money candidates can raise tells what they do and how well they do it. Fundraising also…
The Curran-O’Malley clan, or, O’Malley-Curran, if you prefer, has elevated to an art form pubic service for private employment. It’s nice work, if you…
That Amazon is looking at White Flint for HQ2 is a testament to Montgomery County’s schools, workforce, housing, transportation network, and amenities: today’s and…
In 2015, Del. Cheryl D. Glenn introduced legislation to legalize marijuana for medicinal use in Maryland and established the Medical Cannabis Commission to regulate…
Last year, voters in Montgomery County approved the introduction of public financing of campaigns. On the surface, public financing is a good concept, helping to…
Baltimore County is really three counties co-existing as one – the eastside county which is made up of Democrats who vote Republican, the center…