ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- Abt Associates, a research, evaluation and program implementation company, issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-- awarded an evaluation and technical assistance contract to Abt Associates. Abt Associates, together with subcontractors HealthBegins and the MoMMA's Voices program of the Preeclampsia Foundation, will provide technical assistance and e more PR

LA PLATA, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- The College of Southern Maryland issued the following news: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appointed Pamela Cousins, of Calvert County, to serve the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) as trustee, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. Cousins replaces Samuel C. Jones who passed away in 2022 after serving the college and its students for nine years. Cousins has a distinguished record of public service that began in the U.S. Air Force where she was recognized for h more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news on Sept. 7, 2023: Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and director of Princeton University's High Meadows Environmental Institute, has been selected as an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Fellow for his work in climate science and understanding extreme weather events. He will be recognized at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting held January 28 to February 1 of next year in Baltimore, more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 9 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today filed an amicus brief in Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al v. Montgomery County, Maryland supporting the right of Maryland counties to adopt local gun violence prevention laws. The lawsuit, brought by a gun rights advocacy group, challenges recently enacted Montgomery County laws that limit access by children to untraceab more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: As part of a 54-state and territory bipartisan coalition, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a letter urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to propose legislation to protect children from those abuses. The danger of AI as it relates to CSAM is in three main catego more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General today released its investigative report of the March 4, 2023, fatal officer-involved shooting in the city of Frederick. On March 4, 2023, at approximately 6:20 p.m., Frederick Police Department (FPD) officers were dispatched to an apartment in the 1500 block of N. East Street in Frederi more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Jennifer Sue Hollander Fairfax to the Montgomery County Circuit Court. "I am honored to appoint Ms. Fairfax to the Montgomery County Circuit Court," said Gov. Moore. "Her deep legal experience and expertise will enhance the circuit court, and I thank her for answering the call to serve the people of Montgomery County. Ms. Fairfax' more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: The Maryland Public Service Commission has scheduled a virtual public comment hearing on the rate increase request filed in May by Washington Gas Light Company. The utility's customers and other interested parties are welcome to take part in the hearing on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 7 p.m. According to WGL's application, the company proposes a rate increase of $49.4 m more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: When family obligations kept Dr. Frank Shipper, professor emeritus of management in Salisbury University's Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, from accepting an invitation to speak on employee ownership at this year's Rutgers-Oxford Employee Ownership Research Symposium at the University of Oxford's Kellogg College., Dr. John Hoffmire, research associate at the college's Centre for Mutual and Co- more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Sept. 8 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent investment $250,000 in Femly Corporation, a minority woman-owned Maryland-based technology company working to increase access to natural and organic hygiene products. "Femly's smart restroom dispensers and organic period care have made us a trusted supplier for more than 109 schools, colleges, and corp more PR