State money could be shifted away from several major transportation projects in fiscal year 2014.
Several major transportation projects in the region could face delays if state lawmakers fail to increase funding to the Maryland Transit Administration for fiscal year 2014. The Purple Line—a light rail system that would pass through College Park on its 16-mile run from Bethesda to New Carrollton—would be affected, along with Montgomery County's Corridor Cities Transitway and Baltimore’s Red Line. Maryland Senate president Thomas V. Mike Miller has proposed a 3 percent gas tax that would raise about $300 million for transportation projects. But absent a funding increase, a state transportation budget plan calls for re-allocating the money earmarked for the projects within the Maryland Transit Administration’s FY14 budget. “Without a …
A Dec. 31, 2012, deadline looms for Congress on a number of significant financial issues.
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- Ben Gross
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Now that the election is over, the most prominent problem facing the U.S. government is the “fiscal cliff.” You may have heard or seen the term in recent media coverage, but what, exactly, does “fiscal cliff” mean? If Congress fails to act, on Jan. 1, 2013, a number of financial policies will either expire or initiate, including $7 trillion worth of tax increases and spending cuts over the next 10 years. Some of the agencies and programs affected include: Defense cuts, air travel safety and food inspection cuts, income tax rates, the estate tax, marriage penalty relief, child tax credit, the alternative minimum tax, a drop in Medicare reimbursements, small business tax breaks and more. How do you feel about the country potentially going …
The county's public school system is looking for feedback on school boundaries this week.
With the county looking at redistricting and issues with overcrowding at some Prince George's County Public Schools, the school administration is looking for feedback from parents, residents and community officials at three public forums scheduled this week. According to the county schools, topics will include addressing specific boundary concerns at Kingsford, Highland Park, Yorktown and Baden elementary schools, shifting sixth grade into middle schools, changing boundaries for speciality programs and creating a system in which all students in a neighborhood attend the same schools. The first meeting will be tonight, Oct. 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Central High School at 200 Cabin Branch Road in Capitol Heights. Two other forums will…
Scot Brown
11:14 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
College Park is the closest. It would exit the west side of campus on Campus Dr. / Adelphi / University Blvd. So that part is close to the north end of the City of Hyattsville. I really hope this project is built. more ›