2017 End of Session Wrap-Up: Planning & Zoning
This post summarizes the status of various planning and zoning bills that MACo took a position on for the 2017 Regular Session. Energy Facilities – Consistency With Local Comprehensive Plans:…
This post summarizes the status of various planning and zoning bills that MACo took a position on for the 2017 Regular Session. Energy Facilities – Consistency With Local Comprehensive Plans:…
Les Knapp, MACo Legal and Policy Counsel, testified in opposition of HB 504, Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability Compensation - Reversal or Modification of Award, to the House Economic…
Montgomery County plans to have its "Green Bank" infrastructure financing program up and running by next summer, but the D.C. Public Service Commission's rejection of a merger between Exelon and the…
The Conduit Street Q&A is our opportunity to get closer to the policymakers and public leaders who affect Maryland and its counties. We’ll ask questions about the person, the…
Michael Sanderson, MACo Executive Director, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of HB 1065, with amendments, on March 11, 2015. HB 1065, Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Price -…
This week, MACo Legal and Policy Counsel Les Knapp and a panel of county and municipal officials testified in opposition to HB113, Local Government Tort Claims Act, before the House…
HB283 was heard in the House Judiciary Committee February 18. MACo Legal and Policy Counsel Les Knapp joined a panel of local government witnesses, testifying in opposition to this bill,…
The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation released its FY 2014 Annual Report recently. The report reviews the many accomplishments the Foundation had in 2014, including: At the end of FY 2014,…