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News Tipoffs - Maryland Editors Newsletter for Monday May 25, 2026 ( 5 items )  

Congressman Harris Announces $3.1 Million HHS Award for Eastern Shore Healthcare Services
WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Harris Announces $3.1 Million HHS Award for Eastern Shore Healthcare Services * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $3,139,017 through the Health Center Program to Three Lower Counties Community Services, Inc. to support care on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Statement from Congressman Harris  more

Donald C. Fry Given Honorary Doctorate at FSU Commencement
FROSTBURG, Maryland, May 24 -- Frostburg State University issued the following news: * * * Donald C. Fry Given Honorary Doctorate at FSU Commencement Frostburg State University presented the Honorable Donald C. Fry '77 with an Honorary Doctor of Public Service at the 168th Commencement ceremony held on May 21. Fry, a respected leader in Maryland's civic, governmental and business communities, was recognized for a distinguished career spanning more than four decades. His extensive record of pu  more

Legal Pressure to Overturn Student Loan Rule Mounts as AAPA and PAEA Prepare Challenge to Protect Future PA Workforce
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 19 -- The American Academy of Physician Associates issued the following news release with the PA Education Association: * * * Legal Pressure to Overturn Student Loan Rule Mounts as AAPA and PAEA Prepare Challenge to Protect Future PA Workforce Lawsuit by 25 states and D.C. adds momentum to opposition over a rule excluding PAs from higher borrowing limits for professional programs * The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) and the PA Education Association  more

West Virginia University Watts Museum Curator Petrak Testifies Before Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Danielle M. Petrak, curator of the Watts Museum at the West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "America 250: Industrialization and the Rise of Small Manufacturers": * * * My name is Danielle Petrak, and I am the curator of the Watts Museum, an industrial history museum in the Statler College of En  more

World Relief Laments Cruel, Anti-Family Immigration Policy Change
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 23 -- World Relief issued the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * World Relief Laments Cruel, Anti-Family Immigration Policy Change New USCIS Memo Largely Restricting Adjustment of Status for Individuals Lawfully Admitted to the United States Is Latest in String of Policies Restricting Legal Immigration * Today, the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a shocking memo, largely halting the longstanding practice of allowing non-cit  more