BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11 -- The Maryland Department of Commerce issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Maryland Department of Commerce Secretary Kevin Anderson today announced the appointment of Maryland State Del. Carl L. Anderton, Jr. as the agency's new director of rural economic strategy effective July 24, 2024. "We are excited to welcome Delegate Anderton to the Department of Commerce," said Secretary Anderson. "We look forward to leveraging Carl's wealth of experience an  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11 -- The University of Maryland Shore Regional Medical Center issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) approved the rate application request from University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), for the new Shore Regional Medical Center in Easton. HSCRC's approval helps offset interest and depreciation for the c  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 11 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced the official launch of the Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments and Households (ENOUGH) Initiative, a first-of-its-kind, community-based strategy to address concentrated child poverty in Maryland. A $20 million investment, ENOUGH offers both funding and technical support for communities most in need to develop solutions to deepl  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 11 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced $12.1 million in federal funding as part of the first round of conditional awards to expand electric vehicle charging sites under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. The program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will accelerate the deployment of publicly accessible EV chargers and build a reliable and convenient charging n  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 11 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced that the United States Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration has approved proposals for Maryland's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) plan. The approval enables access to $267.7 million in federal funding to support the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's Connect Maryla  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Using genetic engineering techniques, investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Ludwig Center, the Lustgarten Laboratory and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have designed a novel type of cell to recognize and fight cancer. To produce the cells, called Co-STAR (Co-stimulatory Synthetic T-cell receptor and Antigen Receptor) cells, the researchers combined g  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * A model used in Nigeria to help pay for certain family planning expenses at the state level is sustainable and could be a blueprint for others trying to stretch reproductive health dollars. * * * A model used in Nigeria to help pay for certain family planning expenses at the state level is sustainable and could be a blueprint for others trying to stretch reproductive   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold a public comment hearing on the rate increase request filed in May 2024 by the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO). The utility's customer- members and other interested parties are welcome to take part in the hearing before Public Utility Law Judge Christine L. Burke. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 7:00 p  more