Speaking of air travel, there is an alternative to putting up with the pat downs, long lines, constant waits, cancellations and the passenger mistreatment you’ve been reading about recently. But it will probably cost you thousands of dollars per hour. ...

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ROCKVILLE — The Montgomery County Council has voted to establish a county minimum wage and raise that hourly rate to $11.50 by 2017. The 8-1 vote Tuesday night followed hours of tense debate, but County Executive Ike Leggett says he ...

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The average Washington, D.C., commuter could drive from the District to Las Vegas and back again in the same amount of time spent crawling across local highways each year.

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ROCKVILLE — The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to hold a hearing on proposed changes to the county’s 5-cent tax on carryout bags. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday evening in Rockville. The bag tax, which went into effect last ...

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SILVER SPRING — The Montgomery County Council has approved an additional $7.5 million for construction of the troubled Silver Spring Transit Center, but officials say it will take much more to repair the facility’s structural problems. The new funds approved ...

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ROCKVILLE — Officials in Montgomery County have voted to begin installing cameras on school buses to catch and fine drivers who illegally pass the buses while students are getting on or off. The Montgomery Council voted Tuesday to start installing ...

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ROCKVILLE — Maryland transit planners are considering cutting Purple Line construction costs by running light rail trains across Connecticut Avenue rather than over a bridge as now planned, but critics say the change would further snarl traffic on the jammed ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Democrat Duchy Trachtenberg has dropped out of the race for Maryland’s 6th District Congressional seat due to health reasons. Trachtenberg announced Wednesday that she is withdrawing because of a recurrence of breast cancer. The former Montgomery County councilwoman ...

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ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County is getting ready to implement a 5-cent bag tax modeled after the one that took effect in the nation’s capital in January 2010. The Montgomery County Council approved the tax on both paper and plastic bags ...

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ROCKVILLE — The Montgomery County Council has delayed action on a youth curfew plan proposed by County Executive Isiah Leggett. Lawmakers voted 6 to 3 on Tuesday to delay the vote. The curfew would make it generally illegal for anyone ...

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