One of the hardiest perennials of the political landscape is the idea that real estate developers are cutting down vast swaths of forests and tree canopy and paving over our…
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The Montgomery Planning Department staff’s preliminary recommendations for modifications to the Growth and Infrastructure Policy (GIP), the rules governing developer contributions to public infrastructure, would align the policy more closely…
A new poll shows most Maryland voters are ahead of their elected officials on housing reform, with majorities in favor of proposals that lawmakers have been slow to embrace. The…
The debate over where to put data centers and how to regulate them has arrived in Maryland, emerging as an issue for this year’s session of the General Assembly on…
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?” The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t know,” Alice answered.…
The Moore administration’s newly-unveiled housing agenda includes some courageous proposals – including preemption of local land use rules to upzone property for affordable housing near transit – but its geographic…