Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed operating budget for Montgomery County includes a nearly 6% property tax increase. He said his plan, which fully funds the public schools’ operating budget request, recognizes the county faces economic headwinds.

A new bill in the Montgomery County Council would prohibit landlords from using algorithms to determine rent pricing, a practice the bill’s sponsor called “collusion.”

The unions said Jawando, an at-large council member, was an “easy” choice among a crowded field.

The Montgomery County Council announced its latest step Monday to counter the federal campaign to deport immigrants, which has disrupted the lives of hundreds of county residents.

The legislation would clarify in Maryland law that inspectors general are not subject to standard restrictions on Maryland Public Information Act requests.

Seventeen candidates — all Democrats — will compete for four at-large seats on the County Council.

The man, Maurquise Emillo James, 22, of Baltimore, was working as a medical technician in the senior living facility when he shot a resident, Robert Fuller Jr., according to court documents.

Viva White Oak, a 294-acre planned community, will take advantage of Montgomery County’s first-ever tax increment financing plan.

Montgomery County health officials are sounding the alarm after confirming that a Virginia resident with measles visited a Bethesda building and could have exposed others to the condition.

In a letter sent to MCPS staff, Taylor wrote that it has been “heavy, painful, and even traumatic” to see “families separated in public view, lives lost amid unrest, and racist language and imagery.”

Megan Limarzi, the inspector general for Montgomery County, said her office was denied a record by the county attorney’s office under the Maryland Public Information Act.

A new Ernst & Young report predicts a $1.3 billion annual impact on the local economy once the mini Sphere opens in Prince George’s County, a figure that combines tax revenue and anticipated growth for surrounding businesses.

County Council President Natali Fani-González told reporters during a media briefing Tuesday that “every idea out there needs to be explored.”

Many of the more than 100 people who testified on the county executive’s capital budget proposal said it underfunds schools and parks.

A judge denied a request to move the suspect in Monday's Wootton High School shooting to a juvenile facility.

Montgomery County Council members say the bills to limit ICE are constitutionally sound, but the group is prepared for federal pushback.

Despite the federal government’s targeting of blue states, Jamie Raskin is touting a small victory after securing more than $16.5 million in federal funding for Montgomery County.

School officials say they want to set the record straight after Montgomery County’s much-maligned response to the recent snowstorm.

Council members, during a briefing on Montgomery County’s response to the recent snowstorm, criticized departments for failing to coordinate.

While district officials cleared campuses, the roads in Montgomery County still need work.