The coronavirus spread across the world, but it played out locally and affected people’s lives through their communities. This placed local politicians and leaders on the front lines of the pandemic. This week Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich talks about how the pandemic heightened the importance of local government, where his county stands in respect to COVID-19 and what he sees at the region’s most difficult challenges.

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