Tag: Maryland
Maryland officials OK more Purple Line money, but ...
By Capital News Service | March 13, 2024 | News | 0 |
Blueprint or budget-breaker? No one knows how to p...
By Capital News Service | March 12, 2024 | News | 0 |
Income tax hike unlikely in Maryland – this year, ...
By Capital News Service | February 22, 2024 | General Assembly | 0 |
Moore puts extra pot of cash toward green projects
By Capital News Service | February 17, 2024 | Governor | 0 |
Governor and other state officials wish they’d kno...
By Capital News Service | January 31, 2024 | News | 0 |
Maryland’s teacher shortage: Will the Blueprint’s plan for better pay, training do enough?
by Capital News Service | March 18, 2024 | News | 1 |
The U.S. Department of Education keeps a Teacher Shortage Areas database — and it found that for the current school year, Maryland was short of teachers in 28 subjects, which the state defines as “areas of certification.” That’s up from 17 five years earlier. Some teacher certification areas — such as English as a second language, health science and special education — are short on teachers from pre-K through the 12th grade.
Read MoreMaryland officials OK more Purple Line money, but not gladly
by Capital News Service | March 13, 2024 | News | 0 |
Gov. Wes Moore and the state’s chief financial officers approved nearly half a billion dollars in extra funds for the Purple Line on Wednesday, even as they condemned the embattled project’s mounting delays and escalating costs.
Read MoreBlueprint or budget-breaker? No one knows how to pay for Maryland’s massive education reform
by Capital News Service | March 12, 2024 | News | 0 |
Maryland’s Democratic-led legislature passed the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future in 2021, vowing to pour billions of dollars into the state’s public schools to offer universal pre-K, improve teaching and make sure students are ready for college or careers.
Read MoreIncome tax hike unlikely in Maryland – this year, anyway
by Capital News Service | February 22, 2024 | General Assembly | 0 |
Some Democratic lawmakers in Maryland are proposing a set of income tax hikes this year, but even bill sponsors have admitted that getting their colleagues on board will likely be a long-haul effort.
Read MoreMoore puts extra pot of cash toward green projects
by Capital News Service | February 17, 2024 | Governor | 0 |
Gov. Wes Moore announced plans Friday for spending $90 million on reducing carbon pollution in Maryland, using an unexpected pot of money to fight what he called “environmental injustice.”
Read MoreGovernor and other state officials wish they’d known about the Orioles sale a while back, but they’re not inclined to scotch the deal
by Capital News Service | January 31, 2024 | News | 0 |
Gov. Wes Moore and other state officials expressed anger and disappointment Wednesday that Baltimore Orioles chairman and CEO John Angelos did not inform them of his plans to sell the team – but they also indicated they’re pleased with the outcome of the sale anyway.
Read MoreLeave No One Behind: Why Transportation Matters for People Living with Autism
by Jorge Tirigall | January 18, 2024 | Commentary | 0 |
Public transportation holds significant importance for individuals with autism for various compelling reasons. Primarily, it promotes independence by providing a means of mobility for those who may face challenges with driving or lack access to personal vehicles.
Read MoreMaryland military facilities probing groundwater for ‘forever chemicals’
by Capital News Service | December 6, 2023 | News | 0 |
Maryland military facilities are in the early stages of remedial investigations into “forever chemicals” that jeopardize drinking water supplies in groundwater after a September report by the Department of Defense identified hundreds of military sites across the country as at risk for such chemicals.
Read MoreTrans patients face geographic, availability barriers to care, medications
by Capital News Service | December 1, 2023 | News | 0 |
Paisley Parsons is 10 years into his medical gender-affirming transition, and a majority of that time he’s spent looking for a good team of doctors in Maryland.
Read MoreBoard of Public Works approves purchase of Wicomico County watershed forest land
by Capital News Service | November 29, 2023 | News | 0 |
With its approval of the Department of Natural Resources’ acquisition of nearly 20 acres of forested land in Wicomico County Wednesday, the Board of Public Works supported preserving the Nanticoke River watershed and the many animals and birds that live in the forested area around it.
Read MoreHistoric Laurel Park faces shaky future
by Capital News Service | November 17, 2023 | News | 0 |
Laurel Park’s horse racing future hinges on a proposal to be made to the Maryland General Assembly next month that could alter Thoroughbred racing in the state as we know it.
Read MoreJuvenile services department to move detained girls, again
by Capital News Service | October 24, 2023 | News | 0 |
Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services will relocate girls awaiting court hearings or long-term placement this month from a single unit of the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center, a facility that previously housed only boys, to a center the agency says will house all girls in the agency’s residential care.
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