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State Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for 2024-01-13 ( 7 items )  
Md. A.G. Brown Joins Multistate Coalition to Stop Sales of Military-Grade Ammunition Used in Mass Shootings (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a multistate coalition of 20 Attorneys General calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade ammunition for sale to civilians, including to perpetrators of horrific recent mass shootings. The coalition sent a letter asking the  more PR

Md. A.G. Brown Urges DEA to Reschedule Cannabis in the Interest of Public Health and Safety (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 12 Attorneys General in a letter encouraging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act in the interest of public health and safety. In the letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, the coalition explains that reschedulin more PR

Md. A.G. Brown Urges Federal Appeals Court to Uphold States' Authority to Enforce Laws to Protect Public Health (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/news%20Documents/011024_CoreCivic_Amicus.pdf), urging the U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court's decision preventing enforcement of a state law intended to close private detention facilities to protect the health and safet more PR

Md. Health Dept. Announces Free Virtual Cottage Foods Business Workshop in 2024 (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- The Maryland Department of Health issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: The Maryland Department of Health today announced a free virtual Cottage Food Business workshop, to be held in partnership with the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission on February 22, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Cottage Foods Business Workshop - Basics, Next Steps & Beyond free online training will provide an overview of Maryland's cottage food law and re more PR

National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State Commits $1.8M to Morgan State University to Study Benefits of AI-Enhanced Classroom Chatbots (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- Morgan State University issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has awarded the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University a $7.6 million grant to study how chatbots can improve student outcomes in foundational college math and English courses, the university announced. Building on previous studies that demonstrate AI-enhanced chatbots increase grades and retention rates among lower-income a more PR

St. John's College: How Studying Philosophy Helped Jocelyn Bramble (AGI98) Succeed at Law (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- St. John's College issued the following news on Jan. 12, 2024: By Andrew Wice Jocelyn Bramble (AGI98) took an indirect route to her law career. But her philosophical studies, which reached their height at St. John's College, provided an intellectual and scholarly framework she still relies upon today. Undermining the false conflict between metaphysical and practical education, Bramble illustrates what an intrepid seeker of wisdom can achieve in any field. Emerg more PR

USM Board of Regents Committee on Education Policy and Student Life and Safety Meets January 16 (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Committee on Education Policy and Student Life and Safety will hold its next scheduled meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16. Public access is available via the following dial-in information: Dial In: 1-443-353-0686 Access Code: 154 187 586# The committee will vote on two proposals at Salisbury University: a degr more PR