BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 17 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that the State of Maryland and its subdivisions recently received nearly $24 million as the 2023 installments of payments due under consent judgments that the Office of the Attorney General entered into last year with the three largest pharmaceutical distributors in the United States - McKesson, Cardinal Health, more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 19 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown co-led, along with Attorney General Letitia James of New York, a coalition of 13 attorneys general in comments supporting the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) proposed Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Rules. The rules largely implement the bipartisan PIPES Act of 2020 and would require the use of comme more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 17 -- The Maryland Department of General Services issued the following news release: The Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, chaired by the Maryland Department of General Services, was awarded the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, known as EPEAT, Purchaser Award for the state's procurement of sustainable IT equipment. The award was presented by the Global Electronics Council. "The Department of General Services is honored to once again receive the EPE more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 17 -- The Maryland Department of Transportation's Transit Administration issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration is announcing its fall 2023 service changes, focusing on improving east-west transit access in Baltimore as well as providing better connections to housing, employment centers and shopping. The changes take effect Sunday, August 27, and follow a series of public hearings and a 30-day public more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 18 -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: Montgomery College (MC) welcomed three new Board of Trustees members in July. The Board of Trustees of Montgomery College is the institution's legal governing body and is comprised of 10 community individuals who are appointed by the governor. The new Trustees are Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman, Dr. Judith Docca, and MC student Rishi Nixon. Trustee Sheryl Brissett Chapman For 30 years, Dr. Brissett Chapman has  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 18 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on Aug. 17, 2023: * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following the statement after Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming portions of a district court's order limiting access to mifepristone, a drug which is widely used for medication abortion: "Mifepristone has been a safe and effective tool in safeguarding people's reproductive ri more PR

TOWSON, Maryland, Aug. 17 -- Towson University issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2023: Towson University's Hill-Lopes Scholars Program received the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). TU w more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Sarah Boudreau James Weger-Lucarelli has been awarded a grant to develop easy-to-use tools and techniques that will allow more researchers to study RNA viruses and their mutations. Weger-Lucarelli, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, received the $150,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infec more PR