Morning Notes
FDA Shifting To Empty White Flint Office Space — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to consolidate by moving many of its Montgomery County office locations to the Nuclear Regulatory...
View ArticleMorning Poll: Longer Hours For Bars, Restaurants
Closing time in Montgomery County could be moving one hour later. A bill before a State Senate Committee would make selling alcohol at Montgomery County restaurants legal until 3 a.m. on weekends and...
View ArticlePOLL: Council President Not A Fan Of Sidewalk Snow Removal Plan
At his weekly press conference on Monday, County Council President Craig Rice made it clear he doesn’t think clearing snow off sidewalks should be a responsibility of Montgomery County. Rice, who...
View ArticlePoll: 71 Percent Of MoCo Residents Support Bus Rapid Transit
A poll commissioned by two pro-bus rapid transit groups shows 71 percent of likely Montgomery County voters support a BRT system, while 22 percent oppose it. The Coalition for Smarter Growth and...
View ArticleMorning Poll: Cybercivility and MCPS
It started with a few students apparently cursing out and threatening MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr on Twitter about a snow day. A few days later, Starr wrote an open letter to all MCPS parents...
View ArticlePolitics Roundup: Gansler Says He’s Closing Gap In Polls, Key Endorsements
Gansler Releases Internal Poll That Shows He’s Closing The Gap – Gubernatorial hopeful Doug Gansler this week released an internal poll that his campaign claimed shows he’s closing the gap on Anthony...
View ArticleAfternoon Poll: O’s Or Nats?
Using aggregated Facebook data, the New York Times on Thursday generated a map of the top three favorite Major League Baseball teams of every zip code in the nation. The rankings are based on mentions...
View ArticleAfternoon Poll: Do You Plan To Vote In The Primary?
Early voting for this year’s primary starts Thursday. Many are anticipating registered voters won’t take much advantage — or head to the primary day polls on June 24. Moving the primary from September...
View ArticlePOLL: What Brought You Out To Vote?
There were as many candidates and supporters standing outside as there were voters inside a few Bethesda-Chevy Chase area polling places on Tuesday morning. With turnout expected to be low, we want to...
View ArticleAfternoon Poll: Barwood Taxi Or Uber?
Locally based Barwood Taxi is one of five Maryland cab companies that filed suit last week against Uber, claiming the app-based car service is hampering its ability to do business. In a press release,...
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