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A federal study on helicopter noise in the Washington region is soon to take off. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says it has accepted a request by five Congress members who represent local districts to examine what’s driving such noise and ways to mitigate it. The Congress members sent a joint letter to the chief of the GAO last January. Read more »

After complaints from residents in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., the Government Accountability Office will conduct a study of helicopter noise in and around the nation’s capital. Read more »

Washington-area residents have long complained about the impact of helicopter noise on their neighborhoods, but data about the flights, flight paths and which neighborhoods are most heavily impacted has been hard to come by. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement in support of Dereck Davis’ bid to be Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. Read more »

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement after Speaker Pro Tempore Adrienne Jones and Chairman Dereck Davis’ announcement that they would work together to ensure Maryland’s next Speaker of the House of Delegates would be a Black lawmaker. Read more »

One of the two black state lawmakers running to be the first African American speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates dropped out of the race Friday, throwing her support behind her rival and cementing the contest for the gavel into an unusually public fight between black leaders and white progressives. Read more »

House Speaker Pro Tem Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) dropped out of the race to replace the late Speaker Michael E. Busch (D) Friday, throwing her support to House Economic Matters Chair Dereck E. Davis (D-Prince George’s). Read more »

A Prince George’s County lawmaker received support Friday in his bid to become the state’s first African-American speaker in the House of Delegates. Read more »

Responding to deteriorating road conditions on the Baltimore/Washington Parkway, the National Park Service (NPS) announced on March 27 it will use emergency contracting authority to begin repairing the damaged highway. Read more »

Michael E. Busch, the longest serving House speaker in the history of Maryland and a transformational leader in state and local politics, died Sunday afternoon after being hospitalized late last month with pneumonia. He was 72. Read more »