Montgomery Council urges repeal of 2 charter amendments Montgomery County Council members are asking residents to repeal two charter amendments overwhelmingly approved by voters roughly 30 years ago that limit the county’s ability to place landfills and store sewage sludge in residential areas.
O'Malley gets A- on environment A Maryland conservation watchdog group is giving Gov. Martin O'Malley a grade of A- for his environmental record.
ACLU challenges Ala. voter law barring felons After serving eight months behind bars for a conviction of receiving stolen property, Annette McWashington Pruitt was excited about the prospect of being able to vote again.
Local psychics say industry bias is common Virginia-based fortunetellers “Psychic Jess” and Virginia Marks don’t need a crystal ball to tell them that life is difficult for people in their profession.
Math whiz says district’s failure to fund team just doesn’t add up There aren’t many equations that 17-year-old math whiz Jacob Hurwitz can’t understand. But even he can’t decipher how Montgomery County schools’ $2 billion budget does not include $10,000 to fund one of the nation’s top math teams.
Setting sail on the journey of a lifetime One day when he was 8 years old, Newport News native Jesse Smith pointed to a map over his family's kitchen table and, like many dreamers, announced that he would one day step foot on all of the world's continents.