Montgomery County, MD

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January - February 2009 news

• 2-28-09 PowerHomeBiz.com:   Purchasing real estate in Baltimore, Maryland could be a wise investment as the economy and other housing markets suffer throughout the country
• 2-28-09 Frederick News-Post:  Outlook is good despite downturn, officials tell Chamber
• 2-27-09 Baltimore Sun:  State launches interactive map of stimulus funds -- Web site shows where $3.7 billion will go
• 2-27-09 Navy Times:  Film review: 'Brothers at War' -- Two brothers went to fight; another wanted to know why
• 2-27-09 Annapolis Capital:  Tax benefit increased for using transit, vanpool
• 2-27-09 Inside NoVA.com:  Belvoir leaders focused on recognizing indicators of suicide
• 2-27-09 Inside NoVA.com:  New technology center in Stafford
• 2-27-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  Md. residents can track stimulus cash on Web site
• 2-27-09 Washington Post:  In $3.6 Trillion Budget, Obama Signals Broad Shift in Priorities -- Bold Agenda for Social Spending, Energy and Taxes Faces Fierce Fight
  • 2-27-09 Washington Post:  Graphic: The President's Budget -- would raise taxes on the highest-earning Americans, create a $1.2 trillion deficit in 2010 and curtail Medicare payments to insurance companies to pay for a $634 billion health care fund for the uninsured and a $150 billion energy package. A look at both sides of the balance sheet
• 2-27-09 Washington Post:  METRO -- Cost Cuts, Service Changes Can Help End Budget Gap, Board Says
• 2-27-09 Baltimore Sun:  What's in the Obama budget plan for Maryland?
• 2-27-09 Gazette.Net:  Counties may face stimulus pain after fed money is gone -- Programs, positions could suffer
• 2-27-09 Stars and Stripes:  Obama's budget calls for 2.9% military pay raise -- The outline also lays out the Defense Department’s plans for helping wounded warriors
• 2-26-09 Navy Times:  Request: $537B annually to DoD for 10 years
• 2-26-09 Government Executive:  Funding for Defense, Veterans Affairs scheduled for increase in 2010
• 2-26-09 The Hub (Central New Jersey):  Economy a concern as fort nears closure -- FMERPA officials seek input from federal government
• 2-26-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  MTA adding 400 parking spaces at West Baltimore MARC station
• 2-26-09 NNMC Journal:  WE HEARD YOU -- Editor's note: This column stems from the Gallery Walk, which was held last August during the annual planning process. The event allowed hospital patrons to post comments on key topics identified by the command
• 2-26-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 2-26-09 NNMC Journal:  Brown Drive relocates to allow tunnel completion
• 2-26-09 NNMC Journal:  What's Hot in BRAC?
• 2-26-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials answer WTB town hall queries -- Walter Reed NOW
• 2-26-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Defense, VA reform evaluation system for seriously-injured vets
• 2-26-09 WRAMC Stripe:  'The Army Medical Center' at Walter Reed: One of the First -- Honoring 100 years of Warrior Care And So Much More
• 2-26-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials name integrated service chiefs
• 2-26-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Mass transit program to increase benefits for commuters
• 2-26-09 New York Times:  Obama Plans Major Shifts in Spending
• 2-26-09 Washington Post:  Obama's Budget Proposal Would Push Deficit to $1.75T
• 2-26-09 CNN:  Obama's first budget: Pledging more for veterans
  • 2-26-09 CNN:  Obama's first budget: Key department figures
  • White House Office of Management and Budget:  President's FY2010 Budget Request
• 2-26-09 Baltimore Sun:  MARC stations will get $10.3 million for improvements -- The funds come from Obama's stimulus package
• 2-26-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  MacArthur Foundation taps Md. for housing effort
• 2-26-09 Washington Post:  Transit Benefit: Stimulus Fund Package Almost Doubles Allowance  -- Increased Subsidy Might Mean a Boost in Ridership on Longest Rail Commutes, Officials Say
• 2-26-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Metro explores adding retail shops at stations
• 2-26-09 Stars and Stripes:  Torso injuries fall, brain traumas rise at Walter Reed
• 2-25-09 Reuters:  Obama to seek $537 bln defense budget in FY10-Murtha
• 2-25-08 Annapolis Capital:  Arundel Digest -- Meade building contract awarded
• 2-25-09 Bloomberg.com:  House Approves Thousands of Earmarks in U.S. Budget
• 2-25-09 Senator Barbara A. Mikulski News Release:  Mikulski Announces Major Federal Investments in Maryland Transportation Projects -- Spending bill includes $59.7 million to keep Marylanders on the move -- A BRAC-READY MARYLAND
• 2-25-09 Gazette.Net:  County budget gap up to $520M -- With declining tax revenues, Montgomery could be eligible to apply for $738 million in stimulus funds
• 2-25-09 WRC/NBC4-TV (Associated Press):  MontCo Budget Gap $70M Larger than Expected -- $520M budget shortfall possible
• 2-25-09 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery County’s budget hole expected to grow to nearly $520M
• 2-25-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery County: Revenue Is $70 Million Less Than Expected
• 2-25-09 WJLA/ABC7-TV:  FDA Approves Cutting-edge Treatment for Depression
• 2-25-09 Washington Post:  Another Battle on the Housing Front -- Stimulus Aid Set Aside to Help Military Families Avoid Foreclosure
• 2-24-09 U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen News Release:  Van Hollen Helps to Secure Over $230 million in Federal Funding for Maryland Initiatives -- BRAC-Related Improvements in Montgomery County - $3,087,500 -- The funding would be used to improve the MD 355 Corridor by enhancing safety, operations, and access to Bethesda Naval Hospital and associated BRAC-related activities
• 2-24-09 Examiner.com (Associated Press):  Compact would ease switches for military kids
• 2-24-09 Washington Post:  Bitter Medicine In Fairfax Budget -- Cuts, Tax Rate Hike Bode Ill for Region
  • 2-24-09 Washington Post:  Graphic: Lost Revenue from Real Estate -- Real estate tax receipts are Fairfax County's primary source of revenue. The residential real estate tax base declined 12.55 percent last year, the largest decline in nearly 50 years and the primary reason for the $650 million budget shortfall that was projected for the coming fiscal year.
• 2-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Suburban to continue buying houses in neighborhood -- Hospital's policy is to purchase homes, even if they aren't necessary for expansion
• 2-23-09 U.S. News & World Report:  Many Combat Vets Suffer Severe Headaches Upon Return  -- Almost all of those who had mild brain injury, blast exposure are affected, study says
• 2-23-09 U.S. Air Force News Release:  Winter defense forum focused on BRAC, mission growth
• 2-22-09 Annapolis Capital:  Annapolis Gateway in doubt -- Rights owners seek buyer for high-profile county office tower project
• 2-22-09 Baltimore Sun:  City to continue bus route despite funding strain -- 'Capital to Capital' route links Annapolis to Washington
• 2-22-09 Baltimore Sun:  Tough decisions due on Arundel schools' budget -- Leopold warns budget requests will be 'nearly impossible' to fund
• 2-22-09 Baltimore Sun:  Neighbors skeptical of Harford waste facility upgrade
• 2-22-09 Towson University Towerlight:  Education geared toward workforce needs -- Towson's continued growth has allowed campus to prepare students for market
• 2-20-09 Washington Post:  Get There -- No Drama in Transportation Stimulus, Leaders Say
• 2-20-09 Washington Examiner:  Economists question job numbers in OMalley transportation plan
• 2-20-09 Army Times:  Leaders break ground on family center
• 2-20-09 Gazette.Net:  Stimulus infusion hits the streets -- $365M pegged for transportation; education plans take shape
• 2-20-09 Washington Examiner:  Virginia to cut almost 1,500 transportation workers
• 2-19-09 Washington Business Journal:  First wave of MoCo transit projects announced
• 2-19-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Stimulus bill will improve your commute in Md.
• 2-19-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Suicide prevention everyone's responsibility
• 2-19-09 Washington Post:  Metro And Md. Ready To Spend -- Transit, Road Work Linked to Stimulus
• 2-19-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro details plan to use $230M in stimulus for upgrades
• 2-19-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Maryland's first stimulus cash going toward transportation
• 2-19-09 Stars and Stripes:  Stimulus provides for military; not as much as hoped
• 2-19-09 Stars and Stripes:  Coming Home: An outsider in your own life
• 2-19-09 Baltimore Sun:  Harford Co. residents wary of expanded waste incinerator
• 2-19-09 MarketWatch (Business Wire):  Fitch Rates Maryland's $515MM GOs 'AAA'
• 2-19-09 Government Executive:  Pentagon urged to improve workforce planning
• 2-19-09 Frederick News-Post:  Housing index shows gloomy outlook
• 2-19-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 2-19-09 NNMC Journal:  Town hall highlights integration, cultural differences
• 2-19-09 NNMC Journal:  What's Hot in BRAC?
• 2-18-09 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  Connolly: Economic Stimulus a 'Must'
• 2-18-09 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  McKay, Bulova Ask Obama To Revisit BRAC 133
• 2-18-09 Arizona Silver Belt:  Statement by Senator John McCain on Stimulus Conference Report -- We were all horrified in February 2007 when the Washington Post wrote on the atrocities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  So why are we not prioritizing in this bill and seeking the appropriate level of funding to create jobs by constructing or repairing our military medical, hospital and base facilities?
• 2-18-09 Washington Examiner:  Local D.C., Fairfax bus services may take on more Metro routes
• 2-18-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley outlines spending plan for federal stimulus funds -- $2.9 million overhaul of MARC station OK'd as start to using $3.8 billion
• 2-18-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  O'Malley announces first wave of stimulus projects
  • 2-18-09 Maryland Department of Transportation:  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- Summary of Phase 1 Transit and Highway Projects, February 2009
• 2-18-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley poised to spend $350 million of stimulus on transportation projects
• 2-18-09 Southern Maryland Online:  State waits for windfall from stimulus
• 2-18-09 Gazette.Net:  Traffic capacity in White Flint plan falls short -- Planning Board criticizes plan for lack of public transit details
• 2-18-09 Gazette.Net:  Belward is at the heart of ‘Science City' debate -- Planners make concessions but neighbors remain wary
• 2-18-09 Gazette.Net:  LEEDing the way in ‘green' design -- Builders go beyond the minimum requirements for environmentally-friendly construction
• 2-18-09 WRC/NBC4-TV:  Metro Ready to Spend Stimulus Money -- Metro says projects will create jobs and improve transit system
• 2-17-09 Directions Magazine:  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces hiring event; Targeted positions in St. Louis and Washington
• 2-17-09 Washington Examiner:  Obama says stimulus will save or create at least 170,000 jobs in Md., Va. and D.C.
• 2-17-09 KKTV-11 (Colorado Springs):  White House Releases Stimulus Impact on States
• 2-17-09 CBS:  State-By-State Stimulus Job Creation Estimates
  • Conference Report on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  (785-page searchable pdf)
  • 2-17-09 CBS:  The Stimulus Agreement: Chart and Map -- President Barack Obama termed passage of the $787 billion stimulus package -- the latest effort to lift the country out of its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s -- a "major milestone on our road to recovery." The stimulus package, which found no Republican support in the House of Representatives and gained only three opposition votes to assure passage in the Senate, aims to save or create as many as 3.5 million jobs through massive government investment while boosting consumer spending through modest tax cuts.
  • The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act:  OVERVIEW -- Jumpstarting our Economy and Investing in Our Future
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: SUMMARY -- A Progressive Plan to Create Jobs and Help Families
  • AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT: STATE-BY-STATE JOBS IMPACT
  • AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT: JOB IMPACT BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: The Largest Investment in Education in Our Nation’s History to Prevent Teacher Layoffs, Make Key Education Improvements and Help Make College Affordable
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Moving America Toward a Clean Energy Future
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Providing Health Care to Those in Need While Making a Down Payment on Health Reforms that Will Save Billions of Dollars and Countless Lives
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: A $150 Billion Investment in Our Nation’s Infrastructure – The Largest New Investment Since the Construction of the Interstate Highway System
• 2-17-09 Baltimore Sun:  Comptroller says revenue estimates may be cut -- Franchot cites 'alarmingly weak' individual income tax payments
• 2-17-09 Gazette.Net:  ‘Gaithersburg West' public hearing is March 26 -- Planners hope to time County Council's approval with state decision to realign Corridor Cities Transitway
• 2-17-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Metro at Potomac Yard?
• 2-17-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Building a bridge to the 21st century through technology
• 2-17-09 Baltimore Sun:  Wegmans plans new supermarket in Abingdon -- Store would anchor mixed-use center near Interstate 95
• 2-17-09 Baltimore Sun:  Planned Dundalk homes hailed in revitalization effort -- Council members hopeful for better quality of life with development on site of razed apartments
• 2-17-09 CNN:  Recovery.gov launched
  • Recovery.gov -- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be carried out with full transparency and accountability -- and Recovery.gov is the centerpiece of that effort. In a short video, President Obama describes the site and talks about how you'll be able to track the Recovery Act's progress every step of the way.
  • Conference Report on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  (785-page searchable pdf)
• 2-16-09 Washington Business Journal:  Survey: Americans would pay for infrastructure
• 2-16-09 Gazette.Net:  Officials mull impact of federal stimulus on the state budget -- Breakdown of $3.8 billion in federal aid expected this week
• 2-16-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Official: 'Land Uses' could ease traffic gridlock
• 2-16-09 New York Times:  States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash
• 2-16-09 Stars and Stripes:  Military reports 83 Malaria infections in '08  -- Most cases in Afghanistan; South Korea sees decline
• 2-16-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Wegmans close to deal for new grocery store in Abingdon
• 2-16-09 Baltimore Sun:  Wegmans supermarket planned for Harford County
• 2-15-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Silent War Wounds: Part 3
• 2-15-09 Washington Post:  Straddling a $154 Million Gap -- Metro is facing a $154 million deficit in next year's $1.3 billion operating budget, or about 12 percent. It's the largest shortfall in the agency's 33-year history
• 2-15-09 TRICARE News Release:  New DoD Center Helps with Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury
• 2-15-09 Baltimore Sun:  Report due on Harford waste-to-energy plant -- $400 million expansion being considered
• 2-15-09 Baltimore Sun:  Paul West column -- Maryland stands to benefit substantially from the stimulus bill
• 2-15-09 Washingtoin Examiner:  Leaders want more info on HOT lanes
• 2-15-09 New York Times:  At the Front, When Veterans Come Home
• 2-15-09 Alexandria (VA) Times:  City Reacts to Hilton Move
• 2-15-09 Associated Construction Publications:  Feds Push More Use Of Pavement Preservation -- Economics drives funding boost for transportation asset management decisions, a move that could profoundly change construction and operations
• 2-14-09 Washington Post:  REGIONAL IMPACT -- Billions Slated For Area Schools, Transportation
• 2-14-09 Washington Post:  Factoring In The Cost of Getting Home
  • 2-14-09 Washington Post:  Graphic: Monthly Housing and Transportation Expenditures -- The combined costs of housing and transportation tend to jump 15 to 17 miles from job centers such as the District, the I-270 corridor, and Arlington and Fairfax counties
• 2-14-09 Washington Post:  STATE BUDGET: Tax Receipts Sink to 10-Year Low -- 'Significant Drop' Adds to Shortfall Worries
• 2-14-09 Washington Post:  Driving Up the Cost For Public Works -- Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows
• 2-14-09  Baltimore Sun:  Towson University plans expansion in Harford County -- School set to build classrooms, envisions residences in Bel Air
• 2-14-09  Baltimore Sun:  Md. to use stimulus funds to buy 100 hybrid buses
• 2-14-09 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Shore Republicans call for update on Fort Monmouth closing costs
• 2-13-09 Salon.com:  Coming home: The conclusion -- In the final article in Salon's series, we ask what President Obama will do about the rise of suicide and murder among U.S. soldiers returning from combat -- Editor's note: This is the conclusion to Salon's weeklong "Coming Home" series on preventable deaths at Fort Carson
• 2-13-09 WBAL-TV11 (Baltimore):  Stimulus Increases Md. Aid Money To $4B
• 2-13-09 Associated Press:  Highlights of House-Senate economic stimulus plan
• 2-13-09 Poynter Institute:  A Breakdown of the Economic Stimulus Bill Passed by the House -- includes links to the bill text and conference report
• 2-13-09 Baltimore Sun:  Stimulus measure would allow state to buy more hybrid buses
• 2-13-09 Government Executive:  Outlook for Defense spending is grim
• 2-13-09 Government Executive (Congress Daily):  Pentagon may shift some war costs to base fiscal 2010 budget
• 2-13-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley hails federal stimulus package -- If it becomes final, state could get $3.3 billion in benefits
• 2-13-09 Washington Post:  D.C. Area Stimulus Numbers Cheered -- First Figures Find Eager Audiences in Local Governments
  • 2-13-09 Washington Post:  Adding It Up -- Projections on how the stimulus bill would affect the District, Maryland and Virginia
• 2-13-09 Washington Post:  Stimulus Bill Would Aid Military Homeowners, Wounded
• 2-13-09 Washington Post:  METRO: Board Digs for Ways to Bump Up Revenue -- Talk of Service Cuts Put Off; Local Government Contributions to Stay the Same
• 2-13-09 Gazette.Net:  Maryland expects $3.3B from stimulus -- Governor says layoffs may be avoided
• 2-13-09 Gazette.Net:  ‘Science city' could have 20M square feet -- Montgomery development tied to proposed transit system
• 2-13-09 Greater Greater Washington blog:  Prince George's transportation plan, part 2: transit alignments old and new
• 2-13-09 Inside NoVA.com:  BRAC Impact Seminar to be held at Springfield Hilton
• 2-12-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley ready to use all stimulus funds -- Governor tells Md. delegation 'use it or lose it' won't apply to likely $3.3 billion
• 2-12-09 Baltimore Examiner:  O'Malley presses Congressional delegation for more state aid
• 2-12-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Silent War Wounds: What really happens when an Improvised Explosive Device or Explosives explode?
• 2-12-09 Washington Times:  Impact of stimulus vexes D.C. -- Council members fear funds to benefit Va., Md. instead
• 2-12-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Metro tackles $154M deficit, possible service cuts
• 2-12-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Being a hard target -- Defense Threat Reduction Agency looks to make Walter Reed less appealing to terrorists
• 2-12-09 NNMC Journal:  Nathan to be promoted to 2-star admiral
• 2-12-09 NNMC Journal:  WE HEARD YOU -- The National Naval Medical Center has made several platforms available for staff and patients to voice their opinions about BRAC, Strategic Planning and Process Improvement
• 2-12-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 2-12-09 NNMC Journal:  NNMC’s historic ‘Tower’ receives much-needed renovations
• 2-12-09 NNMC Journal:  What's Hot in BRAC?
• 2-12-09 Washington Post:  With Straight AAAs, Fairfax Retains Edge on Credit -- Ratings Are a Break In Bad Budget Year
• 2-12-09 Richmond Times-Dispatch:  Obama makes case in Va.
• 2-12-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Dan Gainor column -- Everybody's business: In the future, Baltimore will need Southern charm
• 2-11-09 Catonsville (MD) Times (Capital News Service):  Stimulus package support promoted -- Maryland governor joins lobbying effort
• 2-11-09 Washington Business Journal:  Obama, Kaine tout stimulus in Fairfax
• 2-11-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Don't expect major road projects with stimulus
• 2-11-09 WTTG/FOX5-TV:  FOX 5 Money: Metro-Area Stimulus Wants
• 2-11-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics Today:  Highway Funding: Too Much of a Good Thing?
• 2-11-09 Associated Press:  Stimulus pared to $789 billion in race for deal
• 2-11-09 Washington Post:  Kaine Pushes Fairfax Road Project at Stimulus Rally
• 2-11-09 Huffington Post:  Hal Donahue commentary: Department of Defense -- Business as Usual?
• 2-11-09 Stars and Stripes:  Stimulus includes proposed military project spending
• 2-11-09 Washington Post:  States Counting on Stimulus Aid to Balance Budgets -- As Lawmakers Reconcile Two Bills, Governors Root for House Version
• 2-11-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley seeks federal aid package with more funds for states -- Governor to ask congressional delegation for stimulus package with more discretionary money
• 2-11-09 Baltimore Sun:  Harford executive praises county employees -- Craig says workers found ways to reduce operating costs
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Properties could be taken for road improvements -- Public meeting on BRAC projects near Navy Med to be held next month
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Budget cuts hitting the MARC
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery planners eye policy overhaul -- New tools may be needed to manage Montgomery's growth
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Lining up with shovels ready -- Communities' growing lists for stimulus aid address a wide range of projects
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  ‘Gaithersburg West' heads to Planning Board for scrutiny -- Critics complain that master plan lacks details
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Most NIH stimulus funds to be used outside of Bethesda -- Residents want some money to go toward campus projects
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery leaders decry teacher pension proposal -- State bills would shift more burden to counties
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Problems surface in ‘Smart Growth' plan -- Redevelopment of land around Shady Grove Metro faces hurdles
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Wayne Avenue pedestrian bridge gets a boost -- County traffic officials to recommend span that would connect proposed new library with parking garage
• 2-11-09 Gazette.Net:  Inability to acquire financing delays downtown development -- Developer says residential units, hotel remain part of the plan
• 2-10-09 PBS:  Blueprint America -- The Dig: Senate vs. House stimulus spending on transportation infrastructure
• 2-10-09 Washington Business Journal:  MoCo proposes life-sciences development
• 2-10-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  VA tries new approach to help vets back from war
• 2-10-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  State budgets being delayed by stimulus debate
• 2-10-09 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press):  Many unknowns remain in Md. budget forecast
• 2-10-09 Washington Business Journal:  MoCo proposes life-sciences development
• 2-10-09 Washington Post:  Infectious Diseases -- Most Research Suspended at Fort Detrick
• 2-10-09 USA Today:  Pentagon reports U.S. troop obesity doubles since 2003
• 2-9-09 Baltimore Sun:  Army halts research at Fort Detrick germ lab for records probe -- Laboratory was where anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins worked
• 2-9-09 WMAR/ABC2-TV (Baltimore):  Proposed Federal Stimulus Package Could Save Maryland Jobs
• 2-9-09 Washington Examiner:  Panel suggests largest cuts to service in Metro history
• 2-9-09 Washington Examiner:  Cost of commuting negates cheaper housing in outer burbs, report says
• 2-9-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Beltway burden: Costs rise at 15 miles out
  • 2-9-09 Urban Land Institute News Release:  Combined Housing and Transportation Costs Strain Workers Throughout Washington Metro Region, Finds New Report from Urban Land Institute
  • 2-9-09 ULI Terwilliger Center Report:  Beltway Burden: The Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation in the Greater Washington, DC Metropolitan Area  (26 pp)
    • 2-9-09 ULI Terwilliger Center:  Housing+Transportation Cost Calculator
• 2-9-09 Frederick News-Post:  USAMRIID stops research for inventory review
• 2-9-09 Salon.com:  Coming Home -- Death in the USA: The Army's fatal neglect -- Returning U.S. combat soldiers are committing suicide and murder in alarming numbers. In a special series, Salon uncovers the habitual mistreatment behind the preventable deaths -- Editor's note: This is the introduction to a weeklong series of stories called "Coming Home."
• 2-9-09 Navy Times:  Stimulus compromise keeps construction money
• 2-8-09 WJZ-TV13 (Baltimore):  New Transit System Comes To Baltimore
• 2-8-09 Federal Times:  Agencies kick off recruiting surge -- The Veterans Affairs Department is on a hiring spree as well. The department's Veterans Health Administration plans to hire 55,000 employees - a 25 percent increase in its workforce - by the end of fiscal 2014.
• 2-8-09 Washington Post:  Park & Ride Growth Bound For I-95/395
  • 2-8-09 Washington Post:  Map and Details -- Proposed Park and Ride
• 2-8-09 Frederick News-Post:  Website helps navigate easier commute
• 2-8-09 Annapolis Capital:  City commercial vacancies nearly double in 4th quarter
• 2-7-09 Washington Post:  Dulles Rail Problems With FTA Worry Md.
• 2-7-09 WJZ-TV13 (Baltimore):  Recession Causes Some To Turn To Military For Jobs
• 2-7-09 Long Island (NY) Newsday:  Hospital exec: Soldiers' treatment needs funds
• 2-7-09 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs News Release:  VA Suicide Prevention Hotline Credited with 2,600 'Saves'
• 2-7-09 USUHS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) News Release:  USUCHD enters educational training partnership with Steptoe Group
• 2-6-09 Associated Press:  Expert: Md. transportation financing will be tough
  • 2-4-09 MD Sec. of Transportation John Porcari:  Federal Economic Recovery: Delivering Federally Funded Transportation Projects in Maryland
• 2-6-09 Baltimore Sun:  Biden promotes economic stimulus package in visit to Laurel -- Vice president joined by O'Malley, Cardin, LaHood at historic Camden Line MARC station
• 2-6-09 Navy Times:  Obama nominates admirals for second star -- Navy Rear Adm. Matthew Nathan is serving as commander, Navy Medicine Capital Area and commander, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
• 2-6-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro looks to close $154M budget gap, may stop bus routes, late-night rail
• 2-6-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Will Metro start closing at 10 p.m.?
• 2-6-09 Gazette.Net:  Biden visits Laurel to push stimulus bill -- Vice president stresses need to invest in transportation infrastructure
• 2-6-09 Gazette.Net:  Developer wants transit stop at office park -- 1.8 million square feet of housing, retail, office space planned around transit node near Gaithersburg
• 2-6-09 New York Times:  Army Data Show Rise in Number of Suicides
• 2-6-09 Inside NoVA.com:  Belvoir and Quantico complete staff exchange
• 2-6-09 Construction Digital Magazine:  Hensel Phelps Construction Co: Wide coverage, local focus -- As its Arizona and national branches experience significant growth, this general contractor continues to offer customized and affordable service
• 2-5-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Budget expert outlines transportation financing
• 2-5-09 Associated Press:   Base realignment boon becomes burden in recession
• 2-5-09 Washington Business Journal:  NCPC OKs National Naval Medical Center master plan update
• 2-5-09 Center for Public Integrity:  Transportation: New, Performance-Based Method of Divvying Up Funds at Risk
• 2-5-09 Southern Maryland Online:  Dunkirk Man Appointed to Maryland Military Installation Council
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  Military medical facilities to be jointly maintained
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda's 2009 Strategic Annual Plan released
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- 2009 Strategic Annual Plan
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week in Bethesda -- Construction projects continue forward
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  Town hall focuses on integration, manning joint commands
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  What's Hot in BRAC?
• 2-5-09 NNMC Journal:  Chief of integrated Occupational Medicine named
• 2-5-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Military hospital takes its place in history
• 2-5-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Army addressing increasing suicides
• 2-5-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Regional military medical facilities to be jointly staffed
• 2-5-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials issue potential asbestos hazard notification for installation
• 2-5-09 Andrews AFB Capital Flyer:  Joint Basing begins
• 2-5-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Help for PTSD, combat reactions
• 2-5-09 Frederick News-Post:  BRAC savings falling as costs rise
• 2-5-09 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Baltimore County, Maryland's $102MM GOs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable
• 2-5-09 CNN:  Army official: Suicides in January 'terrifying'
• 2-5-09 CBS News:  Stunning Rise In Army Suicides In Jan. -- The Number Of Suicides May Have Surpassed Combat Deaths Last Month
• 2-5-09 Gazette.Net:  Air Force officials, residents discuss air base's impact -- Community concerned with traffic, commercial outlets
• 2-5-09 Gazette.Net:  City leaders walk into budget planning with hope on tight rope
• 2-5-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Aberdeen: Getting to the majors one base at a time
• 2-4-09 National Governors Association News Release:  States Use Innovative Workforce Strategies to Support Evolving Missions of Military Bases
  • 2-4-09 NGA Issue Brief:  State Workforce Activities to Support Mission Growth
• 2-4-09 Springfield (VA) Connection:  Residents Talk Shop at Open House -- Lee District Supervisor’s annual event brings community, government officials together in the same room
• 2-4-09 Army.com:  General Does Part to Reduce Mental Health Stigma
• 2-4-09 U.S. Army News Release:  Army Releases January Suicide Data; Re-emphasizes Efforts
• 2-4-09 Military.com:  Medical Students Overcome Tragedy
• 2-4-09 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  Chamber Hears Good, Bad And Ugly -- Five new Board members elected at annual meeting
• 2-4-09 Fairfax County Times:  Rail backers preparing for next hurdle
• 2-4-09 Retail Traffic:  Mid-Atlantic Offers Hope for a Hopeless Year
• 2-4-09 Retail Traffic:  March on Washington
• 2-4-09 Army Times:  Lawmakers call for action on burn pits
• 2-4-09 Gazette.Net:  County economy feeling hurt of national recession -- County added just 1,800 jobs in private sector jobs last year
• 2-4-09 Gazette.Net:  County regroups in advance of vote on federal stimulus plan -- ‘We want to be at the front of the line,' councilman says
• 2-4-09 Gazette.Net:  Maryland unemployment rate spikes to 5.8 percent in 2008
• 2-4-09 Gazette.Net:  Developer wants to keep CCT stop at office park -- DANAC has planned 2 million square feet of housing, retail and office space around transit node
• 2-4-09 Gazette.Net:  County officials discuss limits on growth in Clarksburg area -- Pollution, runoff in Ten Mile Creek endanger the quality of drinking water from Potomac
• 2-4-09 Gazette.Net:  Move toward change in existing neighborhoods to achieve sustainability -- Commentary by Mark Scott, president of Mark IV Builders, a Bethesda-based remodeling contractor
• 2-4-09 Washington Examiner:  Legislative priorities addressed by local political leaders  -- The combined effect of falling home sale prices, increased unemployment and no job growth will mean far fewer tax dollars in coming budgets for everything from schools to public safety, officials said.
• 2-4-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  N. Va. to bear brunt of $2B in transportation cuts
• 2-4-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  D.C. OKs dedicated funding for Metro
• 2-4-09 Baltimore Sun:  Jay Hancock column -- Maryland could lead the way by raising its gas tax
• 2-4-09 New York Times:  Rider Paradox: Surge in Mass, Drop in Transit
  • 2-4-09 New York Times:  Graphic: Commuting Woes -- Many transit systems across the country reported increased ridership last year but are raising fares and cutting service because the weak economy means that the state and local taxes they rely on are shrinking.  Most systems are heavily subsidized and receive just a portion of their revenues from fares.
• 2-4-09 USA Today:  '94 military report panned Humvee as 'deathtrap'
  • 2-4-09 USA Today:  Graphic: Surviving in an MRAP -- U.S. military struggles to adapt to war's top killer
  • 2-4-09 USA Today:  Pentagon plans to field new lighter armored vehicles
• 2-4-09 Maryland Gazette (Glen Burnie):  Comptroller, county officials tour Belle Grove, Southgate
• 2-4-09 Washington Post:  Army Is Offering Civilian Workers More Training
• 2-3-09 Baltimore City Paper:  (Some) Light At The End Of The Tunnel For MTA
• 2-3-09 Montgomery County Sentinel:  Legislative priorities addressed by local political leaders
• 2-3-09 Frederick News-Post:  Stimulus bill could mean more highway jobs
• 2-3-09 WJLA-TV7:  Economic Downturn Affects Plans To Build Brain Injury Facility At Naval Medical Bethesda  (video report)
• 2-3-09 Washington Examiner:  Cost of agency’s move to Belvoir climbs $350M
• 2-3-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  Stimulus bill may add highway, transit funds
• 2-3-09 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Editorial -- Get fresh data on base closings
• 2-3-09 USUHS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) News Release:  Helping Military Families Readjust Following Deployment
• 2-2-09 The Hill:  Obama to maintain defense spending limit
• 2-2-09 Baltimore Sun:  New bus line provides route from York to Baltimore -- Federally funded project aims to reduce Interstate 83 congestion
  • 2-2-09 Baltimore Sun:  RabbitEXPRESS Route, York PA to Timonium MD
• 2-2-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics Today:  White House Draws Line on Defense Budget
• 2-2-09 New York Times:  Pentagon Recommends 'Whole-of-Government' National Security Plans
• 2-1-09 Washington Post:  Weight of Combat Gear Is Taking Toll -- The Loads Are Contributing to Injuries That Are Keeping Some Troops on the Sidelines
• 2-1-09 Washington Post:  Decision Time for Purple Line
  • 2-1-09 Washington Post:  Map: Purple Line
• 2-1-09 Washington Post:  Panel to Review Health of Creek -- Report Indicates Montgomery's Growth Is Damaging Waterways
  • 2-1-09 Washington Post:  Graphic: Troubled Creeks -- Montgomery County released a detailed report that indicates that Ten Mile Creek might be damaged if substantially more development is allowed
• 2-1-09 Washington Post:  Editorial: Mr. O'Malley's Budget -- Maryland's governor delays some hard decisions
• 2-1-09 The Day (New London, CT):  Base Offers Help For War's 'Invisible Wounds' -- Traumatic brain injury not always obvious and can lead to PTSD
• 2-1-09 Corridor Inc.:  Anne Arundel Inc.: Long Time Coming -- Firms push to develop Odenton Town Center
  • 2-1-09 Corridor Inc.:  Anne Arundel Inc.: Raising the Roof -- New impact fees rile developers
  • 2-1-09 Corridor Inc.:  BRAC Bulletin, February 2008
• 2-1-09 Air Force Times:  Bill may help troops in housing market crunch
• 1-31-09 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Military won't update BRAC figures
• 1-30-09 Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot:  Report: Base closings not saving as much as expected
  • 1-30-09 U.S. Government Accountability Office report GAO-09-217:  MILITARY BASE REALIGNMENTS AND CLOSURES -- DOD Faces Challenges in Implementing Recommendations on Time and Is Not Consistently Updating Savings Estimates  (54 pp)
    • Report Highlights  (1 page)
• 1-30-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Lt. Gov. Brown pushing to ease transition for military base realignment transplants
• 1-30-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Running dry: Aberdeen's project pipeline slows in face of water woes -- City's struggle for water sources comes as BRAC jobs shift to region
• 1-30-09 U.S. Medicine.com:  VA and DoD Still Working on Information Sharing
• 1-30-09 Forbes (Associated Press):  Md. House leaders seek larger budget cushion
• 1-30-08 Washington Post: Lt. Gov. Brown to Focus on Domestic Violence, Military Issues
• 1-30-09 Annapolis Capital:  Focus growth around Fort Meade, officials urge -- Quick passage of revised General Development Plan sought
• 1-30-09 Wall Street Journal:  Stimulus Funding for Highways Runs Into Potholes
• 1-30-09 Gazette.Net:  Economic stimulus within grasp of state -- But federal money won't fix long-term problems, some say
• 1-30-09 Gazette.Net:  Hearing participants told to beg Washington -- Annual session takes on green tinge
• 1-30-09 Gazette.Net:  Job losses up 15,000 in 2008 -- Maryland unemployment rate spikes to 5.8 percent in December
• 1-30-09 Gazette.Net:  Barry Rascover column -- O'Malley's ‘mulligan' stew
• 1-30-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley sets leaner course for Maryland -- In Assembly speech, he vows to save social programs, tuition freeze
• 1-30-09 Washington Post:  Military Investigates West Point Suicides -- Deaths Come as Overall Army Rate Jumps
• 1-30-09 New York Times:  Suicides of Soldiers Reach High of Nearly 3 Decades
• 1-30-08 New York Times:  Army Orders Recall of Body Armor
• 1-30-09 Oklahoma City Journal Record:  Transportation officials hail stimulus bill
• 1-29-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Johansson expected to be named DBED secretary
• 1-29-09 NNMC Journal:  Navy Lodge assists Marines, wounded warrior families
• 1-29-09 NNMC Journal:  Shuttle Service Impacts Bethesda
• 1-29-09 NNMC Journal:  What is the Medical Home?
• 1-29-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 1-29-09 NNMC Journal:  What’s Hot in BRAC?
• 1-29-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Defense, VA look to smooth path to benefits for severely wounded
• 1-29-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Joint Task Force official weighs in on integration process
• 1-29-09 WRAMC Stripe:  A century of service begins at Walter Reed -- Celebrating 100 years of Warrior Care
• 1-29-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed forum provides a place for Soldiers to tell their experiences -- The Right Shoulder Patch
• 1-29-08 Associated Press:  Army: Body armor safe for US troops in combat
• 1-29-09 Washington Times:  EXCLUSIVE: Army to recall armor
• 1-29-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley pledges to lead through recession -- Governor defends goals of abolishing death penalty and freezing tuition
  • 1-29-09 Baltimore Sun:  Full text of 2009 State of the State address
• 1-29-09 Washington Post:  New Cash, Not New Projects in Stimulus -- Road and Transit Funds Would Grow
• • 1-29-09 Washington Post:  The Deepest Cuts: State Budgets in Crisis -- In Merrifield, Shortfalls Leave Drivers to Contemplate the Road Project Not Taken -- One in a series of reports exploring the impact of budget cuts being contemplated by elected officials in Maryland and Virginia
  • 1-29-09 Washington Post:  Full Coverage -- The Deepest Cuts: A series of reports exploring the impact of budget cuts being contemplated by officials in Maryland and Virginia this session
• 1-29-09 Washington Examiner:  Study: Transit use, walking spike at region’s core
• 1-29-09 USA Today:  Officials: Army suicides at three-decade high
• 1-29-09 CBS News:  U.S. Army Suicides Highest In 3 Decades -- At Least 128 Soldiers Took Their Own Lives In 2008
• 1-29-09 News Release, JTF NCR CapMed (Joint Task Force, National Capital Region Medical):  NCR Military Medical Facilities Will Be Jointly Manned
• 1-29-09 InjuryBoard.com:  Military Personnel have Increased Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury
• 1-29-09 New York Times:  Mental Health and the Military -- Letter to the Editor from Bruce L. Kagan, professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Semel Neuropsychiatric Institute at U.C.L.A. and staff psychiatrist at the Greater Los Angeles V.A. Health Care System
• 1-29-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Lawmakers propose exempting veterans from income taxes
• 1-29-09 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press):  Amtrak ridership falls below expectations in 1Q
• 1-28-09 Fairfax Station Connection:  Southern Fairfax Businesses Go Virtual -- Creation of online chamber of commerce seeks to meld modern technology with sense of community
• 1-28-09 USA Today:  Spat stalls eye-trauma center for troops
• 1-28-09 CBS News:  The Hidden Casualties Of War -- CBS Evening News Investigates Staggering Domestic Violence Numbers When U.S. Soldiers Return From Iraq, Afghanistan
• 1-28-09 Washington Post:  Annapolis Digest -- More Cut in Transportation Funds
• 1-28-09 Washington Post:  Ratified Purple Line May Revive Suburbs -- Project Expected to Spur Development
  • 1-28-09 Washington Post:  Map of Purple Line
• 1-28-09 CNN Money:  Engineers: U.S. infrastructure a 'D' -- American Society of Civil Engineers says under-funding has caused the nation's infrastructure to crumble - and stimulus won't do enough
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  County would see state funding increase in O'Malley's budget -- But figures are misleading, and other cuts still hurt, local leaders say
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda to get brain injury center -- National Intrepid Center of Excellence could be a national research resource
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  Rethinking county growth management: Moving from capacity to sustainability -- Commentary by Royce Hanson, chairman of the Montgomery County Planning Board
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  Developer backs out of Metro Plaza -- Builder unable to secure a tenant for large-scale mixed-use project; WMATA seeking other options
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  Council approves Purple Line rail -- Study proposed to examine single tracking as way to preserve trail
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  WMATA kicks off study of Veirs Mill bus route -- Line is one of 24 most heavily used in Metrobus system
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  ‘Smart Growth' plan gets shot in the arm from ‘Science City' -- Business, life science leaders make case for Leggett proposal
• 1-28-09 Gazette.Net:  New biosciences center in state capital budget -- School construction could reach $42 million
• 1-28-09 Springfield (VA) Connection:  Two BRAC Nominations Deferred -- Approval for parcels on Loisdale Road halted pending study
• 1-27-09 New York Times:  Letters to the Editor -- The Hearts and Minds of Soldiers
• 1-27-09 Forbes (Associated Press):  Md. gov puts off school cuts due to stimulus plan
• 1-27-09 Dallas Morning News:  Construction economists see fewer building starts in 2009
• 1-27-09 Southern Maryland Online (Capital News Service):  Porcari Touts Transportation's Benefits
• 1-27-09 Government Computer News:  New marching orders for wounded vets
• 1-27-09 Washington Business Journal:  Montgomery County votes for Purple Line to be rail
• 1-27-09 Christian Science Monitor:  Editorial: The stimulus engine that can't -- Remember, it's just a down payment on transport. The US needs a long-term strategy
• 1-27-09 Washington Post:  Stimulus Bill Sends Thrill Through Region -- Local Officials Drawing Up Wish Lists
• 1-27-09 Washington Post:  House Plan Offers 'Noticeable Impact' -- CBO Sees 65% Spent by End of Fiscal 2010
• 1-27-09 Baltimore Sun:  Budget cuts postponed as federal assistance expected -- O'Malley's proposed cuts could be reversed if $3.5 billion comes through
• 1-27-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Area could get infrastructure help with recovery bill
• 1-27-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Commute morphs into van business
• 1-27-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Purple Line Pick -- Commentary by Adam Tuss
• 1-27-09 Washington Examner:  Transit authorities propose E-ZPass fees for Md. drivers
• 1-27-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Office park now planned for Ripken Stadium area
• 1-26-09 Gazette.Net:  O'Malley says feds sending $1.5 billion to Maryland -- Money includes $191 million for school construction
• 1-26-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Maryland may get $3B in federal stimulus aid -- O’Malley included just $350M in aid in proposed budget
• 1-26-09 U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) News Release:  Chairman Murray Outlines Transportation Investments Included in Senate Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Package
• 1-26-09 InsideNOVA.com:  Prince William eyes BRAC
• 1-26-09 New York Times:  Counting the Walking Wounded, OpEd by Lawrence M. Wein, a professor of management science at the Stanford Graduate School of Business
• 1-26-09 New York Times:  Troubled Minds and Purple Hearts, OpEd by Tyler E. Boudreau, a former Marine captain and author of “Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine”
• 1-26-09 Annapolis Capital:  Board wants to make sure vets get their benefits -- Considers providing more services, faster
• 1-26-09 University of Maryland Diamondback:  University sets stipulations for Campus Drive alignment -- MTA: Meeting EMI, vibration stipulations 'could be impossible'
• 1-26-09 Federal Computer Week:  Casting a wide telework net
• 1-25-09 Annapolis Capital:  Department of Transportation cuts Route 175, MARC funds -- But officials hope money will be restored next year
• 1-25-09 Associated Press:  Lobbyists skirt Obama's earmark ban
• 1-25-09 Washington Post:  Obama Details Recovery Plan -- An Aggressive Push Before Congress Considers Package
• 1-25-09 Washington Post:  Prince George's County -- Westphalia Development Advances Despite Economic Downturn
• 1-24-09 Washington Post:  Downturn Accelerates As It Circles The Globe -- Economies Worse Off Than Predicted Just Weeks Ago
• 1-23-09 Baltimore Examiner (Associated Press):  O'Malley defends budget decision on school funding
• 1-23-09 New York Times:  Nonfiction book reviews: Soldiers' stories -- "The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans," by Aaron Glantz; and "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations," by Iraq Veterans Against the War and Aaron Glantz
• 1-23-09 Associated Press:  Audit: More bad accounting in veterans health care
• 1-23-09 Baltimore Sun:  Md. transportation projects to lose $1 billion more -- Drop in revenue forces steeper cuts
• 1-23-09 Gazette.Net:  Will plan hit Wall Street roadblock? -- O'Malley budget could alter state bond rating
  • 1-23-09 Gazette.Net:  Lawmakers wonder: Do stimulus numbers compute? -- Some say spending plan should not assume federal aid
  • 1-23-09 Gazette.Net:  The figures have to add up
  • 1-23-09 Gazette.Net:  Counties facing $310M less funding from state -- Local budgets spared teacher pension payments
• 1-23-09 Gazette.Net:  Maryland woos Hilton -- State, Montgomery offer incentives to lure hotel giant's headquarters
• 1-23-09 Gazette.Net:  Light rail gets support of council committee, Leggett -- Full County Council to vote on Purple Line light rail option on Tuesday
• 1-23-09 Washington Post:  Purple Line -- Leggett Endorses Light-Rail Plan
• 1-22-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  ‘Political will’ needed for Maryland General Assembly to boost gas tax
• 1-22-09 Laurel Hill (Lorton, VA) Connection:  Mulligan Road Officially Under Way -- Not scheduled for use until 2011
• 1-22-09 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- The culmination of combining Walter Reed and NNMC into a military medical center and complex unrivaled by any in the world
• 1-22-09 NNMC Journal:  JTF weighs in on integration progress
• 1-22-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Celebrating 100 years of Warrior Care -- Borden’s Dream: The vision of Walter Reed
• 1-22-09 Northern Virginia News & Messenger:  New HOV ramp to be built, lanes to close Sat.
• 1-22-09 Washington Post:  O'Malley Suggests Layoffs, Slashing Vacant Positions -- Proposal Excludes Raises for State Workers
  • FY 2010 Maryland Budget Highlights, Dept. of Budget & Management  (200 pp)
  • 1-21-09 Maryland Daily Record:  O’Malley's budget includes 700 layoffs, banks on $350M from the feds.
  • 1-21-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Maryland budget proposal a mix of grim and good news
  • 1-22-09 Washington Post:  Maryland Notebook: Miller: Trim County Aid -- Asked by DePuyt whether he thought counties had truly not been working to cut their budgets, Miller said, "Some of them are. I know, for example, that the county executive of Montgomery and the county executive of Prince George's County are."
• 1-22-09 Frederick News-Post:  Military Intelligence column -- Senators call for Fort Meade cleanup in stimulus bill
• 1-22-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Crofton: Best of three worlds
• 1-21-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley set to unveil budget proposal today -- Miller says governor's proposal includes 700 state employee layoffs
• 1-21-09 Washington Post:  Stimulus Projects May Be Slow, CBO Says
• 1-21-09 Gazette.Net:  Experts: Maryland may duck recession -- Still, ‘the economy is in free-fall,' says investment officer
• 1-21-09 Gazette.Net:  Construction budget scaled back by deficit -- Leggett plan would delay some county projects
• 1-21-09 Gazette.Net:  White Flint plan proposes new strategy for funding infrastructure -- County executive's office opposes creation of ‘implementation authority'
• 1-21-09 Gazette.Net:  County Council to discuss mode for Purple Line -- Light rail supporters hopeful after Planning Board approval
• 1-21-09 Gazette.Net:  Purple Line: Making the right choice made difficult by misconceptions -- Commentary by Ilaya Rome Hopkins, president of the East Bethesda Citizens Association, member of the Montgomery County BRAC Implementation Committee, and board member of the Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board
• 1-19-09 Gazette.Net:  E-Z Pass fee increases draw concern -- Opponents concerned that revenues will slump
• 1-18-09 Air Force Times:  VA diagnosing higher rates of PTSD
• 1-18-09 Army Times:  Pentagon: PTSD does not warrant Purple Heart
• 1-18-09 Aim168RealEstate.com (Dubai, United Arab Emirates):  Strong Growth In Highway, Mass Transit Construction
• 1-17-09 Washington Post:  Feeling Tapped Out in 2 Counties -- State Cuts Worry Fairfax, Montgomery
• 1-16-09 Gazette.Net:  Barry Rascover column: Singing the blues in Annapolis -- BRAC, the military base realignment bringing up to 60,000 jobs to Maryland, is being "brac-balled" by the O'Malley administration. There's no extra cash to invest in badly needed infrastructure improvements. That could lead to horrific traffic gridlock near Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade, Andrews Air Force Base and the new Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda.  Expect the worst when driving near these sites in a few years because that's what you'll get.
• 1-16-09 Gazette.Net:  Budget cloud hangs over opening -- First on the plate for the 2009 General Assembly: a $1.9 billion deficit
• 1-16-09 Gazette.Net:  People to watch: Certain political players may shake up session
• 1-16-09 Gazette.Net:  Experts: State may duck recession -- Still, ‘the economy is in free-fall,' says investment officer
• 1-16-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  General Assembly 2009: Will You Be My Friend? -- Meet the lawmakers you may need in Annapolis this year
• 1-16-09 Air Force Times:  Military projects are popular part of stimulus
• 1-16-09 Associated Press:  Wait for disability appeal process over for vets
• 1-16-09 Salisbury (MD) Daily Times:  Budgetary Axe: Amid budget crisis, Md. groups vie for cash
• 1-16-09 Annapolis Capital:  Annapolis has $75 million in 'shovel-ready' projects
• 1-16-09 Southern Maryland Newspapers Online:  Economy is shadow over Assembly
• 1-16-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Editorial: Welcome Obama, Hear Maryland -- In your pursuit of stimulus, we ask you to be prudent and use direct aid to the states for projects that truly make our nation stronger. We feel that stress acutely here because congestion from BRAC will impede national security without transportation improvements state taxpayers cannot now afford.
• 1-16-09 Washington Post:  Purple Line -- Montgomery Planners Back Rail
• 1-16-09 Washington Post:  Schools Fare Well in Leggett's Budget Update
• 1-16-09 Stars and Stripes:  Family of Iraq vet gets settlement after his suicide -- U.S. loses wrongful death suit
• 1-16-09 Washington Business Journal:  Study: Bus transit better than light rail for Md.
• 1-16-09 Chronicle of Higher Education:  Colleges Play Crucial Role in Military's Restructuring
• 1-15-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Cash-strapped state facing $1.9 billion in cuts
• 1-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Proposed construction budget scaled back -- Leggett plan would delay some projects due to Montgomery's budget woes
• 1-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Planning Board approves light rail for Purple Line -- Montgomery County Council to meet next after board's 4-1 approval
• 1-15-09 Baltimore Sun:  BRAC migration to Md. has begun -- About 300 families have moved from N.J. for jobs at APG
• 1-15-09 Washington Post:  Residents Feeling Left Out of Loop By Planners -- Early Stage Lacks Pledged Openness, Group Says
  • 1-15-09 Washington Post:  Letting the Neighbors Know About Construction Plans
• 1-15-09 Washington Post:  Layoffs Loom for Md. State Employees -- Bleak Fiscal News Marks First Day of Legislative Session
• 1-15-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Developers, lenders, tenants trying to ride out recession
• 1-15-09 CNN Money:  House Dems offer $825B stimulus bill -- Package includes $550 billion in spending and state aid plus $275 billion in tax cuts. Pelosi: 'We wanted to get the biggest bang for the buck.'
• 1-15-09 New York Times:  Congress Moves on Stimulus Bill and Bailout Money
• 1-15-09 NNMC Journal:  Navy Medicine attracts Hispanic students to serve
• 1-15-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week in Bethesda
• 1-15-09 NNMC Journal:  Construction highlights townhall meeting
• 1-15-09 NNMC Journal:  Parking garage work continues
• 1-15-09 NNMC Journal:  What's Hot in BRAC?
• 1-15-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Celebrating 100 years of Warrior Care -- Hallowed by War: Walter Reed and the Civil War
• 1-15-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Brigade takes steps to reintegrate Soldiers returning from deployment
• 1-15-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Ceremony welcomes back Soldiers from Iraq deployments, honors staff excellence
• 1-15-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Mitre Corp. takes 54,000 square feet in Aberdeen
• 1-14-09 Southern Maryland Online:  2009 Md. General Assembly Opens Amid Major Budget Problems
• 1-14-09 Montgomery County Sentinel:  Delegates and Senators look for a lively session
• 1-14-09 Baltimore Sun:  Howard executive braces for zero revenue growth
• 1-14-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley's budget proposal to include layoffs -- State needs to make up a nearly $2 billion budget shortfall
• 1-14-09 Baltimore Sun:  Lawmakers prepare for opening of General Assembly -- Parties hold separate political gatherings in Annapolis
• 1-14-09 Washington Post:  Stuck With the Reality Check -- Recession Forces O'Malley, Kaine to Rethink Agendas
• 1-14-09 FedSmith.com:  Best East Coast Cities for Defense Jobs
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Leggett: Residents may ‘feel some of this pain' in budget -- Forum draws more than 100 who advocate for public safety, libraries
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Leggett: $1 billion cut to state transportation budget may be near -- With money only for maintenance, major county projects could be stalled
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Legislators to pursue ‘no money' measures -- District 20 representatives say tight economy puts focus on other priorities
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Residents argue over Purple Line -- Planning Board scheduled to vote this week on bus or light rail
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Advisory group on board with light-rail -- In letter to officials, citizens panel urges closer examination of Purple Line impact in Silver Spring
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Expansion: Sour grapes or a flawed process? -- Suburban opponents say county planners expected too much from residents
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Businesses, residents clash over White Flint density -- Planning Board hears testimony on sector plan update
• 1-14-09 Gazette.Net:  Twinbrook Sector Plan approved -- New guidelines will allow denser residential development around Metro station
• 1-13-09 Maryland Daily Record:  State leaders looking for federal money to close budget deficit
• 1-13-09 Washington Business Journal:  Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley pushes new sustainability initiatives to control development
• 1-13-09 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  DOD suicide prevention conference under way
• 1-13-09 United Press International:  Suicides rise as combat time increases
• 1-13-09 USA Today:  Army suicides rise as time spent in combat increases
• 1-13-09 Salisbury (MD) Daily Times:  O'Malley announces smart growth plan
• 1-13-09 Baltimore Sun:  'Smarter Growth' already state policy -- OpEd by Richard Eberhart Hall, secretary of the Maryland Department of Planning
  • 1-1-09 Baltimore Sun:  Smarter Smart Growth: Let the New Year bring Maryland a re-energized planning strategy centered on what really works -- OpEd by Jaquelyn Magness Seneschal and James Noonan.  Jaquelyn Magness Seneschal has more than 25 years experience in planning and is former planning director for Charles County. James Noonan is retired from the Maryland Department of Planning, where he served as director of local planning assistance.
• 1-13-09 Baltimore Sun:  $1.9 billion budget shortfall is legislature's biggest challenge -- Revenue can be expected to keep dwindling; no one wants higher taxes
• 1-12-09 The New Republic:  The Vine environment and energy blog -- More On Putting Transit In The Stimulus Bill
• 1-12-09 Military.com (Navy News):  Medicine Attracts Hispanic Students
• 1-12-09 Gazette.Net:  O'Malley bill would strengthen master plans -- Legislation targets ruling that allowed contested development
• 1-12-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Gov. O’Malley pushes new sustainability initiatives to control development
• 1-12-09 Annapolis Capital:  New Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC) tower - opening today - is expected to draw more doctors, offer improved healing environment
• 1-12-09 New York Times:  Editorial -- PTSD and the Purple Heart
• 1-11-09 Washington Post:  Budget Cuts Are Focus for Md., Va. -- Legislators Meet This Week Facing Major Shortfalls
• 1-11-09 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Department Keeps Commitment to Stress Care, Official Says
• 1-11-09 Washington Examiner:  Maryland counties told to expect level funding, at best
• 1-11-09 Baltimore Sun:  Banquet hall firm looks into building near APG -- Martin's sees need rising with military base realignment
• 1-11-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Annapolis partners with bus service to save route to capitol
• 1-11-09 Baltimore Exanminer:  Howard bus lines to be cut, but service is saved
• 1-10-09 Washington Post:  State Budget Shortfall -- Miller Open to Raising Tuition and Gas Tax
• 1-10-09 Stars and Stripes:  Tom Philpott's Military Update: VA health enrollment to rise; lawmakers shrug off CBO
• 1-9-09 Southern Maryland Newspapers Online:  Gloom fills State House
• 1-9-09 ADVANCE for Licensed Practical Nurses:  From M.A.S.H. to Miraculous
• 1-9-09 Washington Post:  O'Malley: No Locality Safe From Aid Cuts
  • 1-9-09 Washington Post:  Budget Shortfall: Md. Officials May Tap Reserve Fund -- Some Fear Harm to AAA Bond Rating
• 1-9-09 Washington Post:  Metro Facing Layoffs, Cutbacks -- Ridership Up Amid A Record Deficit
• 1-9-09 Gazette.Net:  Rough economy forces mass transit cuts, while use on rise -- MTA says reduction rooted in revenue decline
• 1-9-09 Gazette.Net:  Regional office market enters '09 on a minor key -- Baltimore performing better than D.C. suburbs
• 1-9-09 Gazette.Net:  Barry Rascover column -- Hoping for help from the Hill
• 1-8-09 NNMC Journal:  Rain nor threat of ice will stop the Honorable B.J. Penn
• 1-8-09 NNMC Journal:  Integration focus of Town Hall meeting
• 1-8-09 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Wounded Warriors, Other Gates Priorities to Continue in Next Administration
• 1-8-09 Maryland Daily Record:  2009 Legislative Preview: Hard choices to make as session to be all about eliminating $2B shortfall
• 1-8-09 WRAMC Stripe:  1909 -- The legacy begins
• 1-8-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Army College Adds EMR Systems to the Syllabus
• 1-8-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Historical perspective of biological warfare
• 1-8-09 U.S. News & World Report:  Pork-Barrel Spending on a New D.C. Metro Line Could Cost Democrats -- Commentary by John Aloysius Farrell
• 1-8-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus
• 1-8-09 Government Executive:  Lawmakers discuss adding military construction funds to stimulus package
• 1-8-09 FOX News (Reuters):  Government Seeks New Ways to Treat Returning Troops
• 1-8-09 Washington Post:  Rail Gains Momentum As Purple Line Pick -- Officials Jumping Aboard Despite Cost Advantage Of Rapid Buses
  • 1-8-09 Washington Post:  The Purple Line Debate: Light Rail vs. Bus Rapid Transit -- The Washington area has neither light rail nor bus rapid transit, the two modes of public transportation under consideration for the proposed Purple Line. Here's a look at how the two systems compare
• 1-8-09 Washington Post:  U.S. Transportation Chief Backs Dulles Rail Project -- Decision Sends Proposal to Congress for Funding
  • Full POST Coverage:  The Dulles rail project is a proposed 23-mile extension of Metrorail from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport that would ferry about 60,000 passengers a day along Virginia's busiest jobs corridor
• 1-8-09 Washington Post:  Maryland Legislative Preview 2009: New Year Brings Hangover From Old -- Lawmakers Face $1.9 Billion Gap In State Budget
• 1-8-09 Washington Post:  Congress Urges Spending Restraint -- Facing Largest Deficit Since 1945, Obama Names Official to Help Retool Budget
• 1-8-09 Washington Post:  Transportation Leads List Of Businesses' Priorities -- Area Legislators Also Discuss Education
• 1-8-09 Washington Post:  State Public School System Ranked Best in U.S. by 2 Reports
• 1-8-09 Christian Science Monitor:  Defense spending as 'stimulus'? -- Pentagon's generous budget is not likely to see cuts soon, even if Iraq war starts to wind down
• 1-8-09 New York Times:  News Analysis: A Crisis Trumps Constraint -- According to new projections from the Congressional Budget Office, the federal budget deficit will be about $1.2 trillion in the current fiscal year
• 1-8-09 New York Times:  Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress
• 1-8-09 Gazette.Net:  BRAC progress uncertain for 2009 -- Prince George's County, state still defining incentive zone borders
• 1-8-09 Gazette.Net:  Laurel bus, shuttle lines service cut -- Reductions will save an estimated $5M
• 1-7-09 Baltimore Community Times:  Barry Rascover column -- Times might not be so tough if help from federal government comes
• 1-7-09 WMAR/ABC2-TV (Baltimore):  Kratovil Appointed To Armed Services Cmte
• 1-7-09 Navy Times:  Links between PTSD, substance abuse explored
• 1-7-09 United Press International:  PTSD tied to metabolic syndrome
• 1-7-09 Modern Medicine:  Suicide Prevention Should Focus on High-Risk Periods -- First 12 weeks after psychiatric hospitalization has highest rate of suicides
• 1-7-09 Army.com:  Unit Learns Skills to Fight Different Enemy
• 1-7-09 Burke (VA) Connection:  Looking Ahead to 2009 -- Recession sets up bleak year for Burke residents
• 1-7-09 Traffic World:   Oberstar Sets Infrastructure Timetable
• 1-7-09 County Executive Ike Leggett News Release:  Bethesda Named “Most Educated Small Town” in United States by Forbes.com
  • 1-5-09 Forbes:  In Depth: America's Most Educated Small Towns
• 1-7-09 USA Today:  Housing and our military: Collapse especially burdens those who serve -- Commentary by David S. Johnston, Major, U.S. Army
• 1-7-09 Washington Business Journal:  Industry Forecast: Transportation -- Roads wish lists grow as budgets shrink
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  State building, infrastructure work for BRAC in high gear -- Almost $2 billion has been spent in past two years
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  County leaders push for money to retrain workforce -- Knapp, Leggett request $1 million in stimulus funds
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Madaleno: Collaboration could solve budget mess
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Delegates to defend ‘line in sand' on pensions -- County can't afford to pick up the tab for retired teachers, critics say
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  County Council returns to face deficit, government reform -- Financial challenges will dominate the year, president says
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Ride On service may face cutbacks -- Riders dismayed as county proposes reductions on 12 of its bus routes
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Planning Board delays vote on Purple Line -- Public hearing still on tap for Thursday
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery Planning Board to hold hearing on Purple Line -- Board to vote on transit option on Thursday
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Commuters find connections off the beaten path -- Network of trails help pedestrians avoid hazardous roadways, provide more direct routes to Silver Spring neighborhoods
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  White Flint residents want info before testifying
• 1-7-09 Gazette.Net:  Planners remain optimistic -- Despite recession, some say now is the best time to plan for Wheaton's future
• 1-7-09 ADVANCE for Nurses:  Wounded Warriors -- Ensuring the best care for today's injured soldiers
• 1-7-09 Monroe (LA) News-Star:  University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) grad leads workforce development project in Maryland
• Baltimore Sun (Associated Press):  Obama nominee to head VA pledges to expand health care for middle-income veterans
• 1-6-09 Seattle Post-Intelligencer:  Gates estimates 2009 war costs at $136 billion
• 1-6-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics:  Gates Estimates Another $69.7 Billion Needed in Fiscal 2009 for Wars
• 1-6-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Leggett plans to protect Montgomery County's money
• 1-6-09 Government Executive:  Report finds OMB did not pressure Pentagon on competitive sourcing
• 1-6-09 Washington Business Journal:  Moving company says more came than went in D.C.
• 1-6-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Baltimore business community’s favored Red Line route facing opposition
• 1-6-09 Baltimore Sun:  State looks at cuts in local aid -- Reductions proposed to O'Malley would hit schools, health agencies and local police
• 1-6-09 WRC/NBC4-TV:  Last Chance to Give Purple Line Feedback
• 1-6-09 Navy Times:  Some Priority 8 vets could get VA care again
• 1-5-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  Md. proposes toll hikes, focus on truck traffic
• 1-5-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  Planned Use of Road Funding Formula From 2005 Law Worries Some States
• 1-5-09 Gazette.Net:  New civic group calls for a more ‘reasonable' version of Science City -- Group wants to cut development to 38,000 jobs in 6 million square feet of construction
• 1-5-09 U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay):  War Vets With Headaches Could Have Brain Problems -- Reduced sense of smell might also signal need for testing, expert says
• 1-5-09 Washington Post:  Planners Look to Pax River as Guide Ahead of Military Base Expansions
• 1-5-09 Baltimore Examiner:  Fort Meade to shuttle workers to train stations
• 1-4-09 Annapolis Capital:  Banks move ahead with expansions despite recession
• 1-4-09 Frederick News-Post:  Traveling Through column -- Metro, CVS partner to sell SmarTrip cards
• 1-4-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics:  Stimulus Bill Probably Won’t Reach Obama Until February, Hoyer Says
• 1-4-09 Salisbury (MD) Daily Times:  Editorial -- Let's not waste stimulus funds -- President should make sure states spend appropriately
• 1-4-09 Baltimore Sun:  Dan Rodricks OpEd -- Love crabs? Don't eat them
• 1-4-09 Army Times:  The road ahead in ’09 -- 12 things soldiers can expect in the new year
• 1-2-09 Reuters:  U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
• 1-2-09 Reuters:  U.S. gas tax needs hike, overhaul - commission
• 1-2-09 NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse News Release:  Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
• 1-2-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro expected to trim growing payroll
• 1-1-09 Gazette.Net:  State gears up for BRAC -- Almost $2B spent on infrastructure, other needs in past two years
  • 12-23-08 Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown News Release:  Lt. Governor Brown and the BRAC Subcabinet Release the 2008 BRAC Progress Report and Launch BRAC Website (3 pp)
    • Maryland BRAC Web Site
    • State of Maryland BRAC Action Plan: 2008 Progress Report  (43 pp)
  • 1-1-09 Frederick News-Post:  Military Intelligence column -- Maryland releases BRAC update
  • 12-29-08 Baltimore Examiner:  Economy woes worry BRAC planners
  • 12-24-08 Gazette.Net:  State reports on BRAC planning progress near Andrews AFB, Laurel -- Commission details local government, military employee reorganization
• 1-1-09 Washington Post:  Wounded Soldiers Get Free Business Attire
• 1-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Schools, development, transportation top south Prince George's County priorities for '09 -- Leaders say plans for growth critical even amid struggling economy
• 1-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Report: Stimulus lists favor new construction -- Proposed projects do not reflect Obama's goals, advocacy group says
• 1-1-09 Associated Press:  Panel wants fuel taxes hiked to fund highways
• 1-1-09 New York Times:  A Focus on Violence by Returning G.I.’s  

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