BETHESDA, Maryland, April 10 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: While animal-welfare groups today applauded Gov. Mark Gordon for expressing "outrage" about "reckless, thoughtless and heinous actions" from one individual, it is essential that the follow-up include practical legal reforms to prevent a recurrence of this kind of savagery. The governor was referring to recent outrage over Daniel, Wyo., resident Cody Roberts. Roberts ran over an a  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, April 10 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: Addiction specialist physicians (ASPs) face tough ethical dilemmas in the daily practice of addiction medicine. ASAM's new Public Policy Statement on Medical Ethics in Addiction Medicine takes a fresh and probing look at such contemporary quandaries, including in drug testing, in addiction treatment. Using the American Medical Association's Principles and Code of Medical Et  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today sought an explanation for why police have not served an arrest warrant for a male individual who was captured on video threatening to kill Muslims and community members peacefully demonstrating at a ceasefire rally in Rockville last Fall. In November, after a group of protesters gathered in Montgomery  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences issued the following news release: Do market researchers still need to conduct original research using human participants in their work? Not always, according to a new study, which found that thanks to the increasing sophistication of large language models (LLMs), human participants can be substituted with LLMs and still generate similar outputs as those generated from human surveys. The  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 10 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland - in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy - played a critical role in the successful execution of Flight Test Other-23 (FTX-23). The Feb. 8 test - also known as Stellar Sisyphus - demonstrated sensor tracking and communications link capabilities of the Aegis Weapon Syste  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 9 -- Waterkeepers Chesapeake posted the following news release: In a move to restore justice after the U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett v EPA decision last year, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Clean Water Justice Act (SB653 / HB1101) sponsored by Sen. Malcolm Augustine and Del. Sara Love. The Supreme Court decision removed Clean Water Act protection for intermittent and ephemeral streams and most wetlands. That decision essentially eliminated the public's ri  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Public Interest Research Group issued the following statement on April 8, 2024: * * * On Saturday, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (HB 567/SB 541). Sponsored by State Sen. Dawn Gile and Delegate Sara Love, the bill goes into effect on October 1, 2025 and limits companies' data collection, giving consumers meaningful data privacy and security protections. Since 2018, 15 states have passed c  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 10 (TNSres) -- The Maryland State Education Association issued the following legislative update on April 9, 2024: * * * SINE DIE EDITION Successes This Session Help Address Educator Shortage, Prevent Book Bans The 446th Maryland General Assembly legislative session adjourned sine die at midnight on Monday, having delivered wins for educators, students, and Marylanders. Throughout the 90-day session, MSEA's lobbyists tracked approximately 400 pieces of legislation a  more

IRVING, Texas, April 10 -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving issued the following news release: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a proud part of a Maryland highway safety coalition celebrating the Maryland General Assembly's passage of a fix to Noah's Law, passed in 2016 in memory of Montgomery County, Maryland, Officer Noah Leotta. HB 105 strengthens Noah's Law by requiring ignition interlocks for drunk driving offenders who plead down to Probation Before Judgement (PBJ), which accounted fo  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 10 -- The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) has announced the 2024 recipients of the prestigious NFID awards honoring outstanding individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to public health through leadership, scientific achievement, philanthropy, and policy work. The following awards will be presented at the 2024 NFID Awards Gala in Washington, DC i  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, April 10 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following ASAM Weekly news roundup on April 9, 2024: * * * This Week in the ASAM Weekly There are many ways to stay updated in the field of addiction medicine. The ASAM Weekly is one (and thank you readers for making that possible!), but the ASAM Annual Conference (https://email.asam.org/t/t-i-etihjn-l-j/?_gl=1*19owyrt*_ga*MjEwMDc2ODIxMC4xNzA5ODAzMjUx*_ga_SRVJ8V0QZQ*MTcxMjc1MjMwMS4xNS4xLjE3MTI3NT  more