BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 18 -- Baltimore Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today BGE joined Annapolis officials to open the city's first public 150 kW EV fast charger and celebrate the fifth anniversary of customers' benefitting from BGE's EVsmart program, which has provided incentives and publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure to encourage EV adoption across central Maryland since 2019. The new 150kW direct cur  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 18 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today signed a historic executive order pardoning 175,000 Maryland convictions related to the possession of cannabis, including convictions for misdemeanor possession of cannabis and certain convictions for misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. The order represents the largest pardon for misdemeanor cannabis possession charges for any state in the country an  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 18 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Goal to Assist with Shaping the Future of Maryland Agriculture * * * The Maryland Young Farmers Advisory Board, an advisory body within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, is excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Maryland Young Farmers Survey. The survey aims to gather important insights into the operations and future prospects of Maryland farmers, ranchers, and   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 18 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: In studies with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified a potentially new biological target involving Aplp1, a cell surface protein that drives the spread of Parkinson's disease-causing alpha-synuclein. The findings, published May 31 in Nature Communications, reveal how Aplp1 connects with Lag3, another cell surface receptor, in a key part of a pro  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, June 18 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news release: The University of Maryland was spotlighted for its innovative curriculum and robust student engagement in entrepreneurship at the annual Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education held June 12-14 in College Park. UMD was presented with the Entrepreneurial University Award, an annual honor given to an institution that exemplifies excellence in fostering an entrepreneu  more