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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Thursday April 04, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ASHP Names Cancelliere and Evangelista as the 2024-2025 Executive Fellows
BETHESDA, Maryland, April 4 -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued the following news release: ASHP has selected Victoria Cancelliere and Ed Evangelista as the 2024-2025 Executive Fellows in Association Leadership and Management. The yearlong fellowship provides the Executive Fellows with hands-on training under the guidance of ASHP executives in all facets of not-for-profit association leadership and management. Cancelliere is a PGY1 pharmacy resident at the University of  more

Center for Responsible Lending: Fintech Industry and Maryland Legislative Allies Hijack Regulatory Bill, Abandon Long-Held Consumer Financial Protections, Allow the Return of Abusive Payday Lending
DURHAM, North Carolina, April 4 (TNSres) -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: After decades of protecting borrowers from high-cost, payday lenders, Maryland lawmakers are poised to eliminate longstanding consumer protections in a bill that lets nonbank earned wage advance (EWA) lenders create an industry-defined financial category that allows them to charge triple-digit interest rates and unlimited junk fees on payday-style loans to hardworki  more

Eric Rossen Named as Next NASP Executive Director
BETHESDA, Maryland, April 4 -- The National Association of School Psychologists issued the following news release: The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is pleased to announce the hiring of Eric Rossen, PhD, NCSP, CAE, as its new executive director, beginning July 1, 2024. Dr. Rossen has served as NASP's Director of Professional Standards-formerly Director of Professional Development and Standards-since 2010, and he recently earned his Certified Association Executive (CAE) cre  more

HI Deminers Deployed to Assess Explosive Ordnance Risks in Gaza
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 4 -- Humanity and Inclusion, an organization that says it promotes disability rights, rehabilitation and ensure people live, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * * Gary Toombs and Simon Elmont, Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts for Humanity & Inclusion (HI) were recently in Gaza for three weeks to assess the contamination from explosive remnants. * HI is the first INGO to deploy this type of highly specialized response in Gaza since Octobe  more