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Chesapeake And Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Provides $35.8 Million For Ecological Restoration Projects
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is awarding $35.8 million from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to 34 ecological restoration projects encompassing 122 sites throughout the state for Fiscal Year 2025. The projects were selected to improve water quality and habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed while building local resilience to climate impacts.
Pre-K enrollment in Maryland ticks back up under Blueprint. What are benefits, challenges?
For the first time since the pandemic, the number of children in Maryland enrolled in pre-Kindergarten programs climbed above 30,000 last year. Since then, that number has grown even more and additional enrollment is expected. The state is in the early stages of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a decade-long education reform...
Angry patients spur new state watchdogs to bring down drug prices
Spurred by fed-up consumers, states are trying to curb spiraling prescription drug costs by assembling special public boards to investigate and regulate pricing. The idea is similar to a local utility board: a public group that sets rules or makes recommendations to ensure that what they’re regulating — in this case, prescription medications — is affordable.
‘Rinse and repeat’: Scorching heat and storms forecast continue Tuesday
After a glimpse of relief overnight, when temperatures briefly dropped into the lower 80s for most of the D.C. area, Tuesday will feel similar to Monday, with record-breaking heat and severe storm conditions beginning in the afternoon. Any overnight reprieve will be gone by midday, as temperatures are expected to...
Bringing a taste of Korea to Maryland
Korean cuisine was on the menu at Waldorf West Library on July 8. The library hosted a Korean food workshop to help educate groups of all ages on how to make dishes like gimbap and yubuchobap. Gimbap is a Korean dish made from cooked rice, vegetables, fish and meat rolled in seaweed. Yubuchobap is a variation of gimbap, with contents stuffed into a fried tofu pocket. ...
Governor proposes $149 million in cuts to state budget
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration proposed nearly $149 million in midyear spending reductions last week to steer more money to help fund child care and Medicaid as state officials continue to wrestle with budget challenges. Moore will present the cuts this week to the state’s Board of Public Works, which has the authority to cut up to 25% of the state’s operating budget. The powerful three-member spending panel is comprised of the governor, the treasurer and comptroller, all of whom are Democrats. ...
Driskell Center Awarded Nearly $570K to Create Institutional Archive, Digitize Newest Collections
With over 2,000 unique artworks and a library of nearly 5,000 volumes devoted to leading Black artists and scholars, UMD’s David C. Driskell Center has nurtured and celebrated African American art and artists for nearly a quarter-century. Now a new $280,000 grant from the Terra Foundation will fund a...
UMD to pay $500,000 over claims of false grant proposals
The University of Maryland, College Park, will pay $500,000 to the federal government, after three university researchers got grants without disclosing that they also got money from Chinese companies
Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds
MILWAUKEE – Amid calls for cooler rhetoric, supporters of Maryland Democratic Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks are complaining her opponent, former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), is doing the opposite with a spoof campaign website. The new Hogan website, angelaalsobrooks.org, looks almost identical to the official Alsobrooks campaign website, angelaalsobrooks.com. But instead of extolling the Democrat’s virtues, […] The post Alsobrooks camp seethes at Hogan site; Republicans at convention like his odds appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Maryland Republican National Convention delegates are a mix of political pros and newcomers
MILWAUKEE – The Maryland Republican Party has sent 24 delegates and 24 alternates from its eight congressional districts to the 2024 Republican National Convention here. The delegation is a mix of GOP elected officials, political activists and some newcomers. Delegates were elected to their positions in the May 14 primary election.
Four Navy Student-Athletes Earn 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Honors
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Four Navy athletes earned 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America honors for their respective athletic and academic endeavors this past season. Senior Braden Presser earned CSC First-Team honors after his successful season in the javelin, while carrying a 3.94 cumulative GPA as a mathematics major. The Mids earned three women’s track and field/cross country honorees. Patriot League Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year Annie Taylor (4.00 GPA | Mathematics) earned first-team honors, while teammates Ellie Abraham (3.81 GPA | History) and McKenna Brophy (3.97 GPA | Ocean Engineering) garnered second-team honors.
State rescinds offer to settle Quantum Loophole fiber optic ring violations for $130K
The Maryland Department of the Environment in June rescinded an offer to settle for $130,000 Quantum Loophole’s environmental violations related to constructing fiber optic infrastructure, citing the “ongoing nature and severity of the violations,” according to a letter from the department. The settlement offer was made in November to resolve violations of titles four, five and nine in the ...
Pilot dies after small environmental research plane crashes into Maryland river
BALTIMORE -- A pilot died when a small environmental research plane crashed Tuesday morning in a river on Maryland's Eastern ShoreA helicopter view of the Tred Avon River near Easton in Talbot County showed multiple boats converging around what appears to be the tail of an airplane. The pilot, identified as 56-year-old Robert Eugene Merlini, from Annapolis, was the only person on the plane.Police could not say whether the pilot was found in the cockpit or had been ejected. What type of plane?According to public records, the plane is a 10-seater 1973 Cessna 402B owned by the University Research Foundation, a...
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