Day: September 29, 2011

State Roundup, September 29, 2011

The People’s Counsel asks the PSC to probe deeper into BGE’s performance in hurricane cleanup; PSC sets hearings on sale of BGE parent company to Exelon; several slots bids rejected; O’Malley names seven to Circuit Court bench; Currie trial continues with state highway chief’s testimony; PA chemical containers end up in Chesapeake Bay; state Sen. Muse may challenge U.S. Sen. Cardin in primary; and feds probe Baltimore County government.

Educators and financial literacy advocates respond to growing student debt

With student loan debt approaching a national crisis, Maryland educators and financial literacy advocates are moving to address the issue – some mandated to do so and others voluntarily. “The situation is getting worse quickly because students are racking up more debt than in the past. Colleges are dishing out more aid because the economy is so bad,” said Deanne Booker, communications manager of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, a nonprofit community organization.

Maryland goes slow on mandating HPV vaccine

Gov. Rick Perry has taken a lot of heat for requiring Texas schoolgirls to be vaccinated against human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer. Maryland has taken a wait-and-see approach to requiring the shots, with a governor’s task force deciding the vaccine was too new to mandate. The public did not know enough about the vaccine and access was too limited, a subcommittee determined.

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