RETIREMENTS and musical chairs in Annapolis could produce significant change in the talent of the Montgomery County delegation to the General Assembly. Here are our recommendations for the contested races. In many primaries, all candidates on the ballot will advance, and so we make no...
BY RIGHTS, Prince George's County -- a colossus measured by population, electoral clout and economic potential -- should be a major power in Maryland's state legislature. In reality it punches below its weight. It can do better -- and there are signs that it will. The crop of candidates running in...
WHEN PHIL Mendelson first ran in the 1998 Democratic primary for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council, he was among four contenders whom we endorsed in a 10-candidate field. He eked out a 17 percent plurality in that contest. We endorsed two of his opponents in the 1998 general election but...
MONTGOMERY County is justifiably proud of its school system, one of the nation's finest. So it is to School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast's credit that when he looks ahead, he sees the challenges still unmet. Those include reshaping middle schools, furthering improvements in minority student...
OF THE BIG THREE suburban jurisdictions in this region -- Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George's counties -- only Prince George's stands at anything resembling the cusp of an uncertain future. Failing schools, chilling crime statistics and weak political leadership have raised doubts in a county...
