CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Sept. 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Addiction Medicine Experts Call on Congress to Expand Access to Lifesaving Addiction Care * To treat addiction and save lives, physicians urge lawmakers to improve access to methadone treatment for opioid use disorder and close gaps in Medicare coverage WASHINGTON - (September 16, 2025) - Today, addiction specialist physicians and other healthcare p more PR

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Sept. 16 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * Amentum to Provide Specialist Services for UK's Nuclear Waste Management Organization * CHANTILLY, VA., September 16, 2025 -- Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) has been appointed as one of the suppliers on all four lots of a major new framework to support delivery of the United Kingdom's waste management mission. The Integrated Waste Management more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 17 -- The Auto Care Association issued the following news release: * * * Auto Care Association's Mark Bogdansky Named 2025 Meeting Professional of the Year by Smart Meetings The Auto Care Association is proud to announce Mark-Bogdansky that Mark Bogdansky, vice president, trade shows and community engagement, Auto Care Association, has been named a 2025 Meeting Professional of the Year by Smart Meetings. Smart Meetings, the leading meetings industry publisher, delive more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 17 -- Baltimore Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: * * * BGE awards $1.8 million in Energizing Small Business Grants to 90 small businesses in central Maryland In total, 831 local businesses have received grants of $16.66 million since 2021 * BGE awarded Energizing Small Business Grants totaling $1.8 million to 90 small businesses in the latest round of support that continues to help economic and community anchors across c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING: CAIR Offers $5K Reward for Info on Shooting of Maryland Muslim Woman, Calls for Hate Crime Probe * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a reported shooting attack on a Muslim woman yesterday in Ca more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 16 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2025: * * * California Leaders Inject $227.5 Million into Offshore Wind Port Development Yesterday, the California Legislature voted to approve Proposition 4 funding for offshore wind port development, in a budget trailer bill which appropriated a total of $3.2 billion to fund key state climate and environmental priorities. $225.7 million will  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following document as part of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (No. 31) on August 21, 2025, entitled "Rabies Outbreak in an Urban, Unmanaged Cat Colony -- Maryland, August 2024.": Here are excerpts: * * * Summary What is already known about this topic? Cats are the most frequently reported rabid domestic animal in the United States, with app more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Harris Announces Millions in Federal Aviation Administration Grants for Eastern Shore Airports * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to support safety and infrastructure upgrades at airports in Maryland's First Congressional District. Easton/Newnam Field will receive $8,713,751 to continue a multi-y more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * County Employment and Wages in Maryland -- First Quarter 2025 * Employment decreased in 4 of the 7 large counties in Maryland with published data from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that Harford County had the larg more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Developing the workforce: Navy selects four NAWCAD WOLF engineers for leadership program * The Navy recently selected four members of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Webster Outlying Field (NAWCAD WOLF) workforce for one of its flagship leadership development plans, the Journey Leadership Development Program (JLDP). "Developing the next generation of leaders i more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation) issued the following news: * * * Governor Moore, Arnold Ventures Announce $20 Million in Grant Awards to Support Programs that Help Maryland Youth Thrive Funding through Maryland Partnership for Proven Programs will promote initiatives to uplift men and boys, community colleges, and Big Brothers Big Sisters chapters across the state * ANNAPOLIS, MD -- In the culminating grants of the Maryland Partner more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release: * * * Governors Champion Unity and Excitement Ahead of Hosting World Cup and Olympics * WASHINGTON - Today, National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Vice Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore released the following statement: "As the United States prepares to welcome three of the world's most prestigious sporting events- more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Statement on Russian Drone Incursions, Continued Attacks on Ukraine * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement regarding Russia's unprecedented military drone incursions into Poland and Romania and the escalating war in Ukraine: "Russia's unprecedented military drone incursion into Poland and Romania is further proof of what we have lon more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 17 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Brain Shunt Surgery Trial Restores Walking and Independence in Older Adults with iNPH Placebo-controlled trial shows shunt surgery improves walking, balance and safety for older adults with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus * Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a treatable condition caused by a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain that leads to walking and b more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 17 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Lockheed Martin posted the following news release: * * * Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Implement Software Upgrade for F-16 Flight Training in the Republic of Korea Flight Simulators to Reflect Advanced Features of the F-16 Viper "V" Upgrade * ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 16, 2025 - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced an upgrade to the Republic of Korea Air Force's F-16 Block 52 flight simulators to reflect the advanced capabilitie more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia posted the following news release: * * * Maryland Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Murdering His Girlfriend's Husband Keyon Slaughter, 28, of Waldorf, Maryland, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the December 2022 murder of Dana Bailey, Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Slaughter pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed on June 20, 2025. Slaughter was sentenced on Septe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued a report following a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel, the Gaza border, the West Bank, Jordan, and Egypt, alleging that the Netanyahu government is implementing a plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and that American policy has been complicit in enabling these outcomes. The report states that senior Israeli officials have articulated objectives to remove Palestinians from Gaza and that governmen more ST

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: * * * On the Path to Success: SWFO-L1 Mission Rehearsals NOAA's Space Weather Follow On - Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite has arrived at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Florida and will undergo final testing and preparations in anticipation of its launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. SWFO- more PR

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Navy develops new ground communication capability for Blue Angels * The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Webster Outlying Field (NAWCAD WOLF) Special Communication Mission Solutions (SCMS) division collaborated with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels to quickly develop and deliver a new ground communication system to the squadron at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, July  more PR

GLEN BURNIE, Maryland, Sept. 16 -- The State Educational Technology Directors Association issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2025: * * * SETDA and CoSN Urge Congress to Strengthen and Modernize E-Rate in Joint USF Comments WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15, 2025) -- SETDA and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today submitted joint comments to the bipartisan Universal Service Fund (USF) Working Group, urging Congress to preserve and modernize the E-Rate program as part of US more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 16 [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: * * * The September/October issue of The Wildlife Professional * The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 16 [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: * * * TWS raises concerns over USDA reorganization plan * The Wildlife Society has submitted formal comments opposing key elements of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed reorganization plan, citing insu more PR