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Federal Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Tuesday October 08, 2024 ( 3 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Women's Earnings in Maryland - 2023'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 7, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Maryland - 2023": * * * In 2023, Maryland women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,296, significantly below the $1,464 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more

Md. U.S. Attorney: Felon Convicted at Trial for Possessing Firearm in Connection With Drug Trafficking Fentanyl
GREENBELT, Maryland, Oct. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: After a 5-day trial, a federal jury returned a verdict against Timothy Darren Proctor, age 40, finding Proctor guilty of felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crime. The guilty verdict was announced by Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of  more

Science Update: High Levels of Certain Forever Chemicals During Pregnancy Linked to Mid-Life Obesity, NIH-Funded Study Suggests
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2024: People with high blood levels of two forever chemicals during pregnancy weighed more and had higher body fat concentrations in mid-life than those with lower levels of the chemicals, according to a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.  more