Friday - March 27, 2026

Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maryland

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APS Releases Report on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Removal
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 28 (TNSjou) -- The American Physical Society issued the following news release: * * * Technologies hold promise, but come at a cost * * * Washington, DC - January 27, 2025 -- Novel carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies are increasingly being considered as potentially useful tools to combat climate change. For specific atmospheric carbon dioxide management targets to be achieved, large-scale CDR strategies may be needed, even with aggressive efforts to reduce   more
ASAM Releases New Assessment Guide to Help Clinicians Select an Appropriate Level of Addiction Care for Patients
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Jan. 27 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: * * * ASAM Releases New Assessment Guide to Help Clinicians Select an Appropriate Level of Addiction Care for Patients Rockville, MD (Jan. 27, 2025) - The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has announced today the release of The ASAM Criteria (r) Fourth Edition Level of Care Assessment Guide, a streamlined tool that helps clinicians collect suffici  more
Democracy Forward: Suit Filed by Quaker Meetings Against Trump Administration's New Policy Enabling ICE To Enter Houses of Worship
GREENBELT, Maryland, Jan. 27 -- Democracy Forward, a legal organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * In First Suit of Its Kind, Quakers Ask Court to Halt Immigration Authorities from Enforcing in and Near Houses of Worship, Religious Gatherings Suit alleges new policy violates the First Amendment and other bedrock federal protections * * * Today, a coali  more
Guest Editorial: Beyond Buprenorphine in the ED: Leveraging Lessons From 10 Years of Implementation
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Jan. 27 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Guest Editorial: Beyond Buprenorphine in the ED: Leveraging Lessons From 10 Years of Implementation Nikki Bozinoff, MD, MSc Elizabeth Schoenfeld, MD, MS Csilla Kalocsai, MPhil, PhD The opioid toxicity crisis remains an urgent public health priority across the US and Canada. Since the seminal randomized controlled trial published in 2015 found that  more
Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children's Books
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children's Books (NEW YORK)--PEN America, the free expression and writers' group, issued the following comment today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's agreement to hear a case about whether a Maryland school district  more
University of Baltimore: Best-Selling Author Curtis Sittenfeld Discusses Her New Short Story Collection, Feb. 26
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 27 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: Curtis Sittenfeld, best-selling author of several acclaimed novels and a writer and editor for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, and other leading publications, as well as a guest on public radio's This American Life, will discuss her newly released collection of short stories, Show Don't Tell, on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m., in a co-presentation of The University of Baltimore's MFA in C  more