CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 25 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Statement on Executive Order to Increase the Use of Involuntary Civil Commitment of Unhoused People with SUD * Rockville, MD (July 25, 2025) - In response to President Trump's Executive Order titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," which aims to increase the use of involuntary civil commitment (ICC) and long-term institutionalizat more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 26 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Bipartisanship Allows EPA and Interior Bay Restoration Work to Escape Budget Cuts in House and Senate Committee Bills Rejecting the Trump administration's deep budget cuts, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2026 spending bill yesterday that would continue funding key Bay restoration work at EPA and Interior Department at current levels. The vote was  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Cooperation Is the Key to MAHA * As Originally Published in the Wall Street Journal Opinion By Marty Makary and Mehmet Oz The Food and Drug Administration and the Consumer Brands Association have reached an agreement to phase artificial colors out of the food and beverage industry by the end of 2027. Kraft Heinz, WK Kel more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Delegation Members' Statement on Future of BARC * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski and April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.), released the following statement on the future of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: "The Beltsville Agricultural Re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Delegation Members' Statement on Future of BARC * WASHINGTON - Congressman Glenn Ivey joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski and April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.), to release the following statement on the future of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: "The Beltsv more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Delegation Members' Statement on Future of BARC * For Immediate Release July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer, Glenn Ivey, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, Sarah Elfreth, Johnny Olszewski and April McClain Delaney (all D-Md.), released the following statement on the future of the Beltsville Agric more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Jamie Raskin's Statement on Trump's End-Run to Keep Alina Habba in U.S. Attorney's Office Over Court-Appointed Replacement Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's procedural maneuver to retain Alina Habba as U.S. Att more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 26 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news: * * * Turn Your Startup Dream into Reality - Apply to UBalt's Entrepreneurship Scholars Program The University of Baltimore is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 cohort of Entrepreneurship Opportunity Scholars program. Students who meet the program's criteria are encouraged to apply before the July 31 deadline. Details are listed below. If you're ready to turn your business idea into a thriving  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Reps McClain Delaney, Thompson Introduce Bipartisan National Fire Academy Reporting Act * July 24, 2025 U.S. Representatives April McClain Delaney, Glenn "GT" Thompson Introduce the Bipartisan National Fire Academy Reporting Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) and Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) introduced the National Fire Academy (NFA more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, July 26 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: * * * UMGC and Navy's Community College Expand Collaboration to Offer AI and Data Analytics Programs Adelphi, Md. (July 25, 2025)-- University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) has expanded its collaboration with the United States Naval Community College (USNCC) to offer new online degree programs specializing in data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). The joint partnership is for enlist more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 25 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * VA nurses host town hall to protect veterans' care and federal workers * VA registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) are hosting a town hall on Thursday, July 31, in Augusta, Ga., in response to the administration's unprecedented attacks on federal workers and veterans' health care, and the VA as a whole. "We are calling  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, 28 Senators Call on Administration to Conduct Independent, U.S.-Led Investigation into Death of American Citizen in West Bank * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led 28 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on the Administration to conduct an independent investigation into the death of Saif more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Urge Trump Administration to Release Withheld Federal Funding for Senior Jobs Programs in Maryland * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) urged the Trump Administration to immediately release federal funds that have been withheld from Maryland-based grantees of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), a U.S. Department o more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * What my first fly-in to DC taught me as a scientist * Last month, I had the privilege of participating in the first-ever fly-in to Capitol Hill, advocating for federal funding for proactive science-based con more PR