Thursday - May 22, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maryland Newsletter for Saturday May 03, 2025 ( 5 items )  

ASHG Organizational Comment on FY 2026 President's Budget Request
BETHESDA, Maryland, May 3 -- The American Society of Human Genetics issued the following news release on May 2, 2025: * * * ASHG Organizational Comment on FY 2026 President's Budget Request President's Proposed Budget Insufficient to Support Biomedical Research "Today, the Trump Administration released a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 that cuts the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by nearly 40 percent and the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget by 57 percent. Without ad  more

CAIR Joins Baltimore #MayDay Rally Attended by 4K+ Protesters
WASHINGTON, May 2 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Joins Baltimore #MayDay Rally Attended by 4K+ Protesters On Thursday, May 1, the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) joined over 50 partner organizations in sponsoring Baltimore's #StoptheBillionnaireTakeover May Day rally against the Trump administration's attacks on civil rights, the economy, jobs, students, immigrants, and vul  more

Johns Hopkins APL Publishes Report on Nation's First Space Weather Simulation Exercise
LAUREL, Maryland, May 2 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins APL Publishes Report on Nation's First Space Weather Simulation Exercise The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released the results of the nation's first end-to-end Space Weather Tabletop Exercise (TTX), held in May 2024. The After-Action Report, published in March 2025, highlights the key findi  more

Trump Budget Would Devastate Chesapeake Bay Restoration
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 3 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release on May 2, 2025: * * * Trump Budget Would Devastate Chesapeake Bay Restoration President Trump today proposed a fiscal year 2026 budget that would devastate the federal government's ability to lead efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams. For decades, restoring the Chesapeake Bay has relied on resources and strong leadership from multiple federal agencies working in partners  more

UPDATE: Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments Seek Emergency Relief in Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government
WASHINGTON, May 2 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release: * * * UPDATE: Coalition of Unions, Non-Profit Groups, and Local Governments Seek Emergency Relief in Challenge to Unconstitutional Reorganization of Federal Government Donate to the AFGE FED Fund Reorganization and Massive Reductions in Force Across Federal Agencies Violate Core Constitutional Concepts of Separation of Powers Case Reflects Largest and Most S  more