WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The AFL-CIO AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * AFSCME's Saunders: The court agrees - hands off Social Security AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court of Maryland granting a temporary restraining order against DOGE's access to the Social Security Administration: "This is a major win for working people and retirees   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR, Jewish Voice for Peace to Hold 'Stand Against Genocide' Protest in Baltimore On Sunday, March 23, the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Baltimore branch of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) plan to hold a protest calling for an end to the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the release of Mahmoud Khalil, and the placing of an arms  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 21 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Chesapeake Bay Advocates and Oyster Growers Fight for Funding While Serving Fresh, Local Oysters to Legislators in Annapolis Event highlighted agency funding, programs, and legislation critical for oyster restoration, local economies, and Chesapeake Bay cleanup In the face of looming state budget cuts, Maryland advocates and oyster growers demonstrated the critical importance of restoratio  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 21 -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news on March 20, 2025: * * * End Of Delivery Tax Proposal Is A Win For All Marylanders Chamber of Progress Thanks State Leaders For Averting Regressive Tax At a press conference today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Senate President Bill Ferguson, and House Speaker Adrienne Jones announced that state policymakers will drop a proposal to tack on a  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 21 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program posted the following commentary on March 19, 2025, by Kayli Ottomanelli, local government projects associate at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: * * * How local governments are "sandboxing" their way to more effective Bay restoration Regulatory sandboxing is used as a testing ground to trial new innovations for faster conservation and restoration In many communities of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, trees do much more than shade   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Maryland Court Orders Release of Hidden Horseshoe Crab Mortality Data ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A federal judge in Maryland today sided with the Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit arguing that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources must release its data on horseshoe crab deaths. The ruling states the agency must produce all relevant government records within 30 days  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * MD General Assembly Starts Process of 'Making Polluters Pay' Maryland's climate superfund cost assessment bill passes the House and Senate ANNAPOLIS, MD - Both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly demonstrated on Monday their commitment to 'Making Polluters Pay' by passing a historic bill mandating a comprehensive study of the cumulative financial impact of climate change in Ma  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 21 -- The Maryland State Education Association issued the following news on March 20, 2025: * * * MSEA Response to Executive Order to Dismantle U.S. Education Department Howard County social studies teacher and Maryland State Education Association President Paul Lemle released the statement below in response to President Trump's executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, which supports Maryland students with roughly $1.5 billion in annual funding, equ  more