BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 20 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: * * * New Civil Rights Division with Historic Authority Initiates First Case * * * In a historic first for the Office of the Attorney General and the State of Maryland, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that the newly established Civil Rights Division filed its first lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County against Eric Sessoms and Mt. Vernon   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 20 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today congratulated Belgian-based company Cenergy Holdings on its plans to establish a cable manufacturing facility in Maryland. Its U.S. subsidiary, Hellenic Cables Americas, has officially acquired a 38 acre property in Wagner's Point along the Patapsco River in Baltimore City, where it will support hundreds of direct and indirect jobs. "Maryland is proud to part  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 20 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Governor Wes Moore this morning received a full briefing on the global technology outage involving CrowdStrike software and Microsoft operating systems and its impact on State government operations. As of this afternoon, the State of Maryland has made significant system restoration progress and continues to actively address and monitor impacts. "Our administration continues to tackle  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 20 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 19, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Wes Moore released the following statement on the State of Maryland's response to the global technology outage involving CrowdStrike software and Microsoft operating systems: I have been fully briefed on the global technology outage involving CrowdStrike software and Microsoft operating systems, and I continue to receive regular updates from our state public safet  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Anne Hoskins, of San Luis Obispo, has been appointed to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Hoskins has been Senior Vice President of Policy and Market Development - Energy Technology at Generac Power Systems since 2022 and Advisor at Swift Solar since 2022. She was an Advisor at Brimstone f  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 20 -- The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: * * * New Data Shows Employment Increases Are Broad, Impacting A Majority of Industry Sectors * * * Maryland added 5,600 total jobs in June, including 3,900 in the private sector, according to monthly data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The growth rate last month (0.2 percent) was double the national rate   more