Montgomery County unions fight tuition program's halt

Irate union officials in Montgomery County said they will fight the county’s suspension of its tuition assistance program, a day after the county shut down the troubled program because of “serious questions” about the types of classes county employees have been taking on the taxpayers’ dime.

County Executive Ike Leggett’s “administration has irresponsibly approved the expenditure of tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars for programs” that weren’t part of the collective bargaining agreement, the county’s police union said.