LA PLATA, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- The College of Southern Maryland issued the following news: At the College of Southern Maryland (CSM), courses are designed to equip students for the real world. In some courses, that might mean getting hands-on experience with technology or budgets. In the forensics classes taught by St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office (SMCSO) Crime Lab Supervisor and CSM Criminal Justice Adjunct Instructor Megan Roberts '05, it means students spend a semester gathering evidence a more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Maryland Public Service Commission announces the appointment of Christina M. Ochoa as the agency's Director of Legislative Affairs. Ms. Ochoa will be responsible for coordinating the Commission's legislative activities in the Maryland General Assembly, and will also serve as an Assistant General Counsel. Ms. Ochoa was most recently an Assistant Attorney General for the Maryland Judicia more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 17 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a coalition of 21 Attorneys General (the "coalition") submitted a comment letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget, urging the Biden administration to complete its review and implementation of a plan to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The proposed FDA rules, which are supported  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- Maryland Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain today announced the appointment of Aneca Y. Atkinson as the agency's first Assistant Secretary for Environmental Justice. "Assistant Secretary Atkinson will lead the way as we reach out to communities that have disproportionately experienced pollution and put into place policies that ensure no one is  more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 17 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced that Nichelle Johnson will serve as Maryland's first Minority Business Enterprise Ombudsman in the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs. Johnson's broad scope of responsibilities includes working with prime contractors and minority business enterprises to resolve issues that arise during contract performance; develop polic more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today released the Moore-Miller administration's FY 2025 budget proposal. The $63.1 billion plan follows a fiscally responsible framework to respond to the state's budget challenges while making record investments in priorities that will make Maryland safer, more affordable, more competitive, and the state that serves. "This budget makes our values very clear in bo more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 17 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after a federal court blocked JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines. Attorney General Stein and the attorneys general from California, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice to chall more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- Fox, a media company, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) ("Sinclair") and FOX Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) today announced that their broadcast divisions have reached an agreement for a multi-year renewal of all FOX affiliations in Sinclair markets. Sinclair partners also renewed FOX affiliations in markets where Sinclair provides sales and other services under a joint sales agreement or master service agreement.  more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, Jan. 17 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and CAVA, a leading fast-casual restaurant brand with more than 300 locations, have created an alliance that expands access and affordability of higher education to the company's team members. Under the alliance, all CAVA team members -- and their immediate family - can take individual courses or enroll in any of UMGC's more than 90 undergraduate more PR