TOWSON, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- Baltimore County Public Schools issued the following news release: Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers (Yarbrough) presented a $2.58 billion operating budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 during the January 9 meeting of the Board of Education of Baltimore County. The budget reflects the work of the school system to fast forward student achievement. Dr. Rogers' budget recommendation represents a modest $42.3 million increase (2.2 pe more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Soy compounds called isoflavones are among the plant-derived compounds that may significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence or death, according to a new meta-analysis co-directed by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The results were published Jan. 10 in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum. Investigators in Australia, Denmark, England, Norway and the U.S. review more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced his priority legislation for the 2024 General Assembly session. His initiatives are aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the healthcare sector and recovering damages in certain environmental and other public welfare cases in a more equitable way s- that wrongdoers are held responsible in propor more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al v. Lierman rejecting the Chamber's arguments that Maryland's digital ad tax is an improper penalty on digital advertising services: "I will continue to more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced new roles and responsibilities for several members of his executive team. "Over the past year, our office has grown tremendously and our team of dedicated public servants has demonstrated extraordinary commitment," said Gov. Moore. "I am thrilled to expand the roles of Pokuaa Owusu-Acheaw, Kristina Broadie Jeter, Mollie Byron, and Matthew Verghese a more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 10 -- Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2024: * * * Welcoming a New Year to expand on our successes at the Department of Natural Resources We're kicking off 2024 on a hopeful note at the Department of Natural Resources thanks to positive signs in two important indicators for the health of the Chesapeake Bay-dissolved oxygen and oysters. One of the primary indicators of the Bay's overall health is the annual hyp more PR

CRISFIELD, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day visited Somerset County on Tuesday for his first Day Trip of 2024. The Day Trips tour started in the fall 2023 and the stop in Somerset County is the fifth across the state and the first on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The visits are designed to allow Secretary Day and DHCD staff to connect with  more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $150,000 Pre-Seed Builder Fund investment in EBO, a woman- and minority-led startup. The Pre-Seed Builder Fund is housed under TEDCO's Social Impact Funds which were created to engage and invest in economically underserved founders and communities. "EBO is not only tackling the tedious process of findi more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a recent $25,000 Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII) Rural Pre-Seed Fund investment in Tomorrow's Bio Today, a biotechnology company. TEDCO's RBII was designed to enhance technology commercialization and provide technical and business assistance to small and early-stage companies based i more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, released another episode of TEDCO Talks. Throughout this insightful series, TEDCO CEO, Troy LeMaile-Stovall, connects with thought leaders throughout the state of Maryland and beyond, to discuss different topics regarding economic development. On this episode, LeMaile-Stovall speaks with Dr. Frances "Toni" Draper, CEO an more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 11 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Governor Wes Moore yesterday announced the Moore-Miller administration's 2024 legislative session public safety agenda. The administration is offering bills that will reform the state's victim compensation program, address recruitment and retention of law enforcement professionals, and create a gun violence prevention and intervention office at the Maryland Department of Health. Gove more PR