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State Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for 2024-02-29 ( 5 items )  
Maryland Carey Law Hosts Mid-Atlantic Clinical Legal Education Conference (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland School of Law issued the following news: By Wanda Haskel More than 100 clinicians representing 20-plus law schools and organizations across 11 states traveled to the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law for the second annual Mid-Atlantic Clinical Legal Education Conference on Feb. 24. The goal of the conference was to spark reinvigoration in clinical legal education as programs at many American law schools more PR

Maryland State Department of Education: Eight Schools Earn Purple Star Designation (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 29 -- The Maryland State Department of Education issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Today, the Maryland State Department of Education announced the inaugural group of eight Purple Star Schools, recognizing their strong services and support for students from military families. The honorees include three from Anne Arundel County, two from Queen Anne's County and one each from Calvert, Howard and St. Mary's counties: * Bellows Springs Elementary Schoo more PR

Md. A.G. Brown Completes Opioids Settlements With Teva, Allergan, Walmart, and Walgreens (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 29 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that his Consumer Protection Division's ("Division") Opioids Enforcement Unit ("Opioids Unit") has finalized settlements with Teva, Allergan, Walmart, and Walgreens, after multi-year investigations of these opioids-makers' or chain pharmacies' involvement in fueling the opioid crisis in Maryland. The settlements are expected to provid more PR

Md. Gov. Moore Delivers Remarks at the Launch of Maryland Transit Administration's Zero-Emission Bus Pilot Program (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today delivered remarks at the launch of The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration's Zero-Emission Bus Pilot Program at the Kirk Bus division in Baltimore. The governor was joined by the Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Terry Garcia Crews, Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld, Maryland De more PR

MSDE to Adopt New Kindergarten Assessment for School Readiness (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The Maryland State Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Independent analysis concluded current KRA indicates potential bias. * * * The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) will be moving away from the current Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) after results from an independent analysis indicated potential bias in the current assessment against bilingual or multilingual learners. "Having an unbiased KRA assess more PR