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Officials say it’s tough to determine if bid selected to build and operate Purple Line is a good deal
Elected and state officials tasked with reviewing the 862-page contract with Purple Line Transit Partners during a 30-day review period say it’s a complicated financial document and it’s tough to tell whether it’s a good deal, despite assurances from state transportation officials. [The Washington Post]
Eight firefighters injured in Germantown blaze
Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries and are expected to be OK after a 3-alarm fire tore through a townhouse on Churubusco Lane in Germantown early Monday morning. No civilians were injured, although 18 people and several pets were displaced. [@mcfrspio]
Update – Germantown 3rd Alarm Townhouse fire, >120 FF on scene, several injured FFs, all NLT injuries pic.twitter.com/oBvzFK28xv
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 14, 2016
Hogan restores funding for new science building at USG
Gov. Hogan amended his budget proposal Thursday to include $31.7 million for the new biosciences building at the Universities of Shady Grove in Rockville. Earlier this year, the governor had removed the item, and other funding for colleges in the state, from his budget proposal in an attempt to reduce debt payments and fund a Baltimore City jail. [Maryland.gov, Bethesda Beat]
@LarryHogan has submitted a supp budget with important Universities at Shady Grove funding. https://t.co/oKtg2TD8hi
— Marc Korman (@mkorman) March 11, 2016
Matthews, Trone both claim second place in Congressional race in internal polls
The Kathleen Matthews campaign said their internal poll showed Matthews trailing Jamie Raskin 28 percent to 31 percent, with David Trone at 13 percent. However, Trone’s campaign said its most recent internal poll had the businessman second to Raskin with 25 percent to 30 percent. [Washington Post]
Metro stations ranked by escalator outages
The Bethesda station had the eighth most outages in the system, but one escalator at the station was out for 83 percent of the year. Forest Glen was the only station in the transit system not to have a single outage last year. [Washingtonian]
Berliner tours deadly River Road crash site with state highway officials
The Montgomery County Council member said state transportation officials will present ideas to the community in April to alter the intersection where three family members were killed in a collision last month. [@RogerBerliner]
Chance of rain
There's a 70 percent chance of rain Monday with a high expected to reach 55 degrees and a low around 47. [National Weather Service]
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