WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The American Association for Justice issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * The following is a statement from American Association for Justice CEO Linda Lipsen about the Maryland court that ruled that a state law removing the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases is constitutional, allowing more survivors and families to seek justice: "Empowering abuse survivors to pursue justice is always the right thing to do. This ruling is a major step forw  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 9 -- The American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research issued the following news: ACI's comprehensive analysis finds that the proposed Maryland bill, SB 968, could harm consumers through increased vehicle costs and stifle innovation within the automotive industry by redirecting manufacturers' resources toward litigation instead of product and service development. Read our full letter to the Maryland legislature here (https://www.theamericanconsumer.org/wp-c  more

LAUREL, Maryland, March 9 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Christopher Maier visited the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, on March 8. Maier, whose responsibilities include special operations, irregular warfare, counterterrorism and information operations, toured several of APL's state-of-the-art researc  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed news of Montgomery County joining Howard and Anne Arundel Counties to become the third Maryland county to support a ceasefire in Gaza. The civil rights group is urging state lawmakers to pass the statewide SJ0005/HJ0002 Ceasef  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 9 (TNSres) -- The Endocrine Society issued the following news release: The Endocrine Society applauds Congress for approving the first funding increase for the Special Diabetes Program in two decades. The U.S. Senate voted Friday to extend the program, which supports both diabetes care and research into type 1 diabetes, until the end of 2024. This is part of the six-bill package funding several federal agencies. President Biden is expected to sign the bills. Congr  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, March 4 -- Enterprise Community Partners issued the following news: "I really want to make the Sustainable Connected Communities program live at this intersection of affordable housing and climate resilience. To me, that is the sweet spot." That's how Michael Claproth sums up his work leading Enterprise's Sustainable Connected Communities (SCC) in Southern California. Before joining Enterprise two years ago as the SCC program director, Claproth worked on California Housing   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, March 9 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: In yet one more signal that the EATS Act is viewed as an attack on states' rights to benefit China's hold on the American pork industry, 10 conservative Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives today sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson, R-Pa., and Ranking Member David Scott, D.-Ga., urging them to exclude H.R. 4417, the EATS Act, from   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 9 -- HIAS, a refugee protection organization, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago, women- and LGBTQ+-led civil society organizations have been at the forefront of helping people who have been displaced by the conflict, many of whom continue to be affected by gender-based violence (GBV). This month, seven women on the front lines of the humanitarian response will join HIAS and the W  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 9 -- The Maryland State Education Association issued the following legislative update: THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Freedom to Read Act Ready to Move to Floor Vote The Freedom to Read Act sets standards to prevent the kinds of politically motivated book bans that are emerging around the state, received favorable votes with amendments in the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and the Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. The vote was 8-3 in the Senate   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 9 -- The National Association of School Nurses issued the following news release: The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) recently named eight professionals for induction into the National Academy of School Nursing. They are: * Jane Carol Boyd, Delaware * Sharon Guthrie, Iowa * Kathleen A. Hassey, Massachusetts * Lisa Kern, Florida * Lynnette Ondeck, Washington * Cynthia E. Samuel, New Jersey * Louise F. Wilson, Wisconsin * Catherine Yonkaitis, Il  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 9 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release: The Security Industry Association (SIA) has revealed the 2024 honoree list for the SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF) Power 100. This initiative, presented by the SIA Women in Security Forum, honors 100 women in the security industry each year whose outstanding accomplishments and success stories are breaking barriers, redefining the faces of leadership and showcasing the innovative contribu  more