The Dream Act didn't come in time to benefit Desiree Venn Frederic, a Sierra Leone immigrant who finished school and started a nonprofit organization six years ago. But supporters of the measure say there are plenty more students like her trying to make higher education a reality.

As Montgomery County Council members consider the latest plan to finance a new White Flint, one citizen's group is saying the plan is too lenient on developers...

When it comes to incentives to build, developers are agnostics. They will accept incentives or make concessions as long as they believe they can make a profit in the end. Municipalities nationwide have successfully devised ingenuous and fiscally responsible policies to encourage redevelopment of aging moderate- and low-income housing units. These development incentives include tax credits, higher zoning density, affordable housing trust funds or subsidized financing.