The Purple Line is a 16.2-mile (26.1 km) light rail line being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington,D.C.:Bethesda,Silver Spring,College Park,and New Carrollton. Currently slated to open in late 2027,the line will also enable riders to move between the Maryland branches of the Red,Green,and Orange lines of the Washington Metro without riding into central Washington,and between all three lines of the MARC commuter rail system. The project is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA),an agency of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT),and not the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA),which operates Metro.
An International Driving Permit (IDP),often referred to as an international driving license,is a translation of a domestic driving license that allows the holder to drive a private motor vehicle in any country or jurisdiction that recognises the document. The term International Driving Permit was first mentioned in the document prescribed in the International Convention relative to Motor Traffic that was signed at Paris in 1926,and is a translation of the French 'permis de conduire international',or 'international driving license'. The Paris treaty,and all subsequent,use the word 'permit' exclusively in relation to all kinds of driving license.
Tony McConkey is a former elected official in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2002,taking the seat of former Delegate Janet Greenip,who ran for a State Senate seat. He served in District 33,which is located in Anne Arundel County,Maryland. He lost a bid for re-election in 2018 to Democratic challenger Heather Bagnall.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC) is a public high school in Montgomery County,Maryland. It is named for two of the towns it serves;it also serves Kensington and Silver Spring. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway,in Bethesda.
Sheila Ellis Hixson was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1976 to 2018. She represented District 20 in Montgomery County,Maryland which includes parts of Burtonsville,Takoma Park,and Silver Spring neighborhoods of Hillandale,Woodmoor,White Oak,Indian Springs,East Silver Spring,and Colesville. Hixson was the first female chairman of the House Ways &Means Committee.
Tom Hucker is an American elected official and a Democrat from the U.S. state of Maryland. He served from 2007 until 2014 as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 20,which included neighborhoods in Takoma Park and Silver Spring. He also previously served as a member of the Montgomery County Council,representing District 5 from 2014 to 2022.
Jeffrey D. Waldstreicher is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently a member of the Maryland Senate,representing District 18 in Montgomery County after serving two terms in the Maryland House of Delegates.
CASA is a Latino and immigration advocacy-and-assistance organization based in Maryland. It is active throughout the state,but has major foci in Prince George's County,Montgomery County and Baltimore. CASA influences Maryland politics on a wide range of policies,ranging from law-enforcement to education. It also has offices in Virginia,Pennsylvania,and Georgia.
In the United States,driver's licenses are issued by each individual state,territory,and the District of Columbia. Drivers are normally required to obtain a license from their state of residence. All states of the United States and provinces and territories of Canada recognize each other's licenses for non-resident age requirements. There are also licenses for motorcycle use. Generally,a minimum age of 15 is required to apply for a non-commercial driver license,and 25 for commercial licenses which drivers must have to operate vehicles that are too heavy for a non-commercial licensed driver or vehicles with at least 16 passengers or containing hazardous materials that require placards. A state may also suspend an individual's driving privilege within its borders for traffic violations. Many states share a common system of license classes,with some exceptions,e.g. commercial license classes are standardized by federal regulation at 49 CFR 383. Many driving permits and ID cards display small digits next to each data field. This is required by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators' design standard and has been adopted by many US states. The AAMVA provides a standard for the design of driving permits and identification cards issued by its member jurisdictions,which include all 50 US states,the District of Columbia,and Canadian territories and provinces. The newest card design standard released is the 2020 AAMVA DL/ID Card Design Standard (CDS). The AAMVA standard generally follows part 1 and part 2 of ISO/IEC 18013-1. The ISO standard in turn specifies requirements for a card that is aligned with the UN Conventions on Road Traffic,namely the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.
The 426th Maryland General Assembly convened in a regular session on January 14,2009,and adjourned sine die on April 13,2009.
David V. Fraser-Hidalgo is an Ecuadorian-born American politician and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County,Maryland. He was appointed to complete the term of Delegate Brian J. Feldman following Feldman's appointment to a Senate seat and has since been elected to his own full term.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland were held on November 8,2016,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Maryland,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Martin O'Malley,the 61st Governor of Maryland,was formally launched on May 30,2015,as Governor O'Malley announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 presidential election. On February 1,2016,he suspended his campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.
The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018. The date included the election of the governor,lieutenant governor,and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Incumbent governor Larry Hogan and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford,both Republicans,were re-elected to a second term against Democrat Ben Jealous,the former NAACP CEO,and his running mate Susan Turnbull. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
As of October 1,2023,19 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and Puerto Rico issue driver's licenses or permits to some or all of the population residing without inspection in the United States. State laws permitting this are on the books in California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,Hawaii,Illinois,Maryland,Massachusetts,Minnesota,Nevada,New Jersey,New Mexico,New York,Oregon,Rhode Island,Utah,Vermont,Virginia,and Washington.
Marc B. Elrich is an American politician serving as the county executive of Montgomery County,Maryland. He is a former member of the Montgomery County Council and the Takoma Park City Council. He became the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County Executive in the 2018 primary before winning the general election.
Vaughn Morton Stewart III is an American attorney and politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 19 in Montgomery County since 2019.
Joel Martin Rubin is an American politician and media commentator on domestic political and Middle East affairs. He served as a member of the Chevy Chase Town Council from 2017 to 2023,and previously worked as a senior State Department official in the Obama administration. In 2020,Rubin also directed Jewish outreach for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.
Hong Qi is an American politician who represents the 15th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Qi previously worked as a chief administrator for economic development under Isiah Leggett.
A mobile driving licence is a mobile app that replaces a physical driver's license. An International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard for the mobile driving licence was approved on August 18,2021 and published on 30 September 2021.
