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$5 a day diet leaves mark on local leaders

The experience of eating just $5 worth of food a day left its mark on Montgomery County officials who said they were left hungry and humbled by what thousands of families in their own community suffer regularly.

Tags: food, hunger, food stamps, valerie ervin, Montgomery County Council, poverty

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Montgomery Co. elects first Latina as council president

For the first time ever, Montgomery County's Council will be led by a Latina.

Tags: Kate Ryan, nancy navarro, Montgomery County Council,

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Lawmakers push against O'Malley's pension plan

Montgomery County lawmakers say they understand times are tough, but Gov. Martin O'Malley's making it tougher on their constituents with a plan to shift half the cost of teacher pensions to the counties.

Tags: teacher pensions, ike leggett, Montgomery County Council, E.J. Pipkin, universal default clause, Kate Ryan, Roger Berliner, Martin O

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