BETHESDA, Maryland, July 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * 2025 TWS election results are in * Members of The Wildlife Society have voted for Mike Conner as the new vice president after the 2025 election results have been tallied. Jason Riddle was elected as the Nor  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, July 10 -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness issued the following news: * * * Atsena Gets FDA Nod to Expand XLRS Gene Therapy Clinical Trial to Include Pivotal Phase 3 Cohort The expanded Phase 1/2/3 shortens time to potential FDA approval. * Atsena Therapeutics, a developer of innovative gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases, has received agreement from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the current LIGHTHOUSE Phase 1/2 clinical trial for ATSN-201  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * Democracy Maine and League of Women Voters Celebrate Court Ruling over AmeriCorps Cuts * A District Court in Maryland has granted a preliminary injunction and ordered that the Trump administration must restore AmeriCorps funding to a broad coalition that sued over illegal cuts to grants. The lawsuit was filed by AmeriCorps grantees, sponsors, and service members including Democracy  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, July 9 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * How Ramsey's forgotten promotion started 50 years of service * Dennis Ramsey's government career started at rock bottom. In October 1974, Ramsey was promoted to GS-1, but he didn't know it. "I didn't realize until many years later, when I reviewed my SF-50s, that I had received a promotion to GS-1," Ramsey said. "I have an SF-50 that shows my first promotion was to a GS-1 withi  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, July 10 -- Howard Community College issued the following news release: * * * Howard Community College Educational Foundation Raises School-Record $5.3 Million in 2024-25 The Howard Community College Educational Foundation (HCCEF) raised over $5.3 million in the last fiscal year to support student scholarships and workforce development, HCC President Daria J. Willis today announced. The record-breaking fundraising total is the highest in the college's history, marking a ne  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Woman Charged with Tax Refund Fraud * A federal grand jury in Baltimore, Maryland, returned an indictment, unsealed late last week, charging a Maryland woman with tax fraud, theft of government funds, and money laundering. The following is according to the indictment: between December 2019 and March 2020, Kendra Nicole Scarborough, of Oxon Hill, allegedly assisted with the preparation and  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 9 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * National Nurses United RNs, veterans, and federal unions denounce U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing administration to move ahead with massive federal layoffs * Registered nurses with National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), along with other federal unions and veterans groups, are holding an urgent rally on Weds. July 9 to protest the U.S. Supre  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 10 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA Global Systems Laboratory offers new storm surge alert tool Forecasters will be able to issue more precise, detailed watches and warnings * The deadliest hazard from tropical storms and hurricanes isn't wind - it's storm surge and the flooding that follows. That's why NOAA Research is developing a new tool to more effectively communicate the timing, extent and magnit  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Public Justice Center has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education asserting that the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is vital for its staff and the vulnerable Maryland residents they serve. The Public Justice Center's comments respond to the department's request for feedback on proposed regulations concerning the Higher Education Act. The Public Justice Center emphasizes that a "significant number" of its current and former staff rely on Public S  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 9 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * RNs at HCA's Good Samaritan Hospital ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention * Registered nurses at HCA's Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., voted overwhelmingly this week in favor of ratifying a new five-year contract. This contract includes significant wins including protections to improve patient safety and nurse rete  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 10 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following news: * * * Fallen Harford County Sheriff's Deputy Honored Through Final Gift to Medical Education Uniformed Services University receives anatomical donation from longtime law enforcement officer dedicated to helping others learn. By Sharon Holland Members of the Harford County Sheriff's Office, Uniformed Services University (USU), and military personnel gathered solemnly on July 2 to honor the life and fi  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Statement on Supreme Court Paving the Way for Administration Plan for Mass Firings of Federal Workers * Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's emergency ruling in AFGE v. Trump, giving the Trump Administration initial approval to carry out its plans to fire large swaths of the federal workforce: "Without ruling on th  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 9 [Category: BizMedia] -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: * * * Volusia County Schools Adopts Discovery Education's Science Techbook for Florida for Use in Grades K-8 * Charlotte, NC (Wednesday, July 9, 2025) --Florida's Volusia County Schools (VCS) has announced the adoption of the Science Techbook for Florida for use in the district's K-8 classrooms. Built from the ground up for Florida classrooms  more