WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- AASA, the School Superintendents Association, Alexandria, Virginia, and National School Attorneys Association, Bethesda, Maryland, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security regarding proposed changes to the H-1B selection process for registrants and petitioners. They express serious concerns that these alterations may adversely affect school districts' efforts to recruit highly qualified educators in light of ongoing staffing shortages.  more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Ivey Provides Statement on Trump Administration's Cuts of SNAP Benefits * WASHINGTON - Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) provided the following statement in response to the Trump administration's cuts of SNAP benefits: "I am disgusted that the Trump administration has announced that it will illegally withhold available Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), Towson, Maryland, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education opposing the agency's proposal to remove the significant disproportionality data collection from the Annual State Application under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The organization stated that decades worth of data and research show that a consistent problem under IDEA has been the treatment of stud more ST

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Oct. 24 (TNSrep) -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness issued the following news: * * * Usher Syndrome Research Advances Recent developments in research on Usher Syndrome. NACUITY REPORTS REDUCED PHOTORECEPTOR LOSS IN CLINICAL TRIAL FOR ORAL ANTIOXIDANT THERAPY Dallas-based Nacuity reported that NACA, its oral antioxidant, reduced photoreceptor loss by 50 percent in a Phase 2 clinical trial in Australia.The trial is for people with Usher syndrome (retinitis pigmentosa wit more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Submits Bicameral Amicus Brief to Supreme Court, Challenging Trump's Unlawful IEEPA Tariffs 171 House Democrats and 36 Senators took their fight against President Donald Trump's sweeping and chaotic on-again-off-again tariffs to the highest court in the land, filing an amicus brief before the United States more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Ivey, Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Beyer, Walkinshaw, Over 59 Lawmakers Press Administration to Reinstate Furloughed Federal Workers at Agencies Unaffected by Republican Shutdown, Resume Their Pay * PRESS ADVISORY October 25, 2025 Contact: Ramon.Korionoff@mail.house.gov (link sends email) (Ivey) WASHINGTON - Congressman Glenn Ivey, (Md), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * AI-Powered Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Similar Benefits to Those Led by People Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report that an AI-powered lifestyle intervention app for prediabetes reduced the risk of diabetes similarly to traditional, human-led programs in adults. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and publishe more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Oct. 28 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin Signs Strategic Partnership Framework with Korean Air SEOUL, South Korea - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is collaborating with Korean Air to explore opportunities to support the U.S. government's (USG) Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) initiative, as well as expand Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul & Upgrade (MROU) cooperation to third-country markets. Korean Air anno more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * McClain Delaney, Cammack, Dingell Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Advance Women's Healthcare Coverage & Care for Breast Cancer Survivors * The new legislation, "Advancing Women's Health Coverage Act" brings federal health coverage into the 21st centuryensuring every woman's recovery is defined by choice, not insurance codes. Washington, D.C. On Friday, U.S. Representatives April McClain Delane more PR

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Oct. 27 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * Redefining Cybersecurity from the Ground Up * By Seth Eaton, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Amentum Click here to listen to the podcast episode "Exploring Cybersecurity Fundamentals and Essentials: Part 1" on Spotify Cybersecurity isn't just a matter of firewalls and passwords but it's about trust, resilience, and protec more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 28 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news: * * * From Fundamentals to Application: Business School Unveils AI Certificates The University of Baltimore Merrick School of Business has answered the urgent call of the modern data-driven economy by launching two new and distinctive graduate-level certificates, designed to help working professionals master the complexities of artificial intelligence in a business context. This strategic expansion is direc more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * From death sentence to Olympic competition, the 'harebrained idea' that's saving horses By Andrew Mann The horse should have been dead. That's what horse owners face when septic arthritis strikes their animals. The infection that turns a $50,000 athlete into what the industry brutally calls a "pasture ornament" -- if the horse is lucky enough to survive at all. But Jessica Gilbertie, associate professor in th more PR