Tag: Maryland
‘Unrealistic’ and ‘Unfunded̵...
By Capital News Service | May 7, 2024 | News | 0 |
Gov. Moore confident in Maryland’s play to keep Co...
By Capital News Service | April 24, 2024 | Governor | 0 |
Maryland team on NASA project to examine ocean, at...
By Capital News Service | April 24, 2024 | News | 0 |
5 Places to Appreciate Nature in Maryland This Ear...
By Capital News Service | April 22, 2024 | News | 0 |
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announces ...
By Capital News Service | April 5, 2024 | News | 0 |
Will Maryland’s Blueprint for education work? An oversight board — and district officials — will be watching
by Capital News Service | May 14, 2024 | News | 0 |
Implementing the Blueprint hasn’t gone exactly as planned so far. Deadlines for criteria and implementation plans have been extended at least three times. And in district-level Blueprint plans submitted this spring, school officials across the state expressed a variety of concerns.
Read More‘Unrealistic’ and ‘Unfunded’: Maryland’s Blueprint for education has counties concerned
by Capital News Service | May 7, 2024 | News | 0 |
You might think spending $16.6 billion more in state funds from 2024 through 2029 — and billions more after that — would be enough to give Maryland a world-class education system. But that’s not what many people at the state’s local school districts think.
Read MoreGov. Moore confident in Maryland’s play to keep Commanders
by Capital News Service | April 24, 2024 | Governor | 0 |
Amid a jurisdictional tug-of-war over the future home of the Washington Commanders, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday struck an assured posture on his state’s ability to keep the team in Prince George’s County.
Read MoreMaryland team on NASA project to examine ocean, atmosphere
by Capital News Service | April 24, 2024 | News | 0 |
Scientists can use PACE’s data, which was first released on April 11, for both short-term monitoring and long-term climate change analysis, according to Werdell. PACE is set to send data back to Earth 12 to 15 times every day.
Read More5 Places to Appreciate Nature in Maryland This Earth Day
by Capital News Service | April 22, 2024 | News | 0 |
Earth Day is an annual holiday that celebrates the Earth and raises awareness about the need to protect the environment.
Read MoreMaryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announces a string of convictions in vulnerable adult abuse cases
by Capital News Service | April 5, 2024 | News | 0 |
Three cases of vulnerable adult abuse at the hands of caretakers have been uncovered in Anne Arundel, Howard, and Baltimore counties. Today, Attorney General Anthony Brown, the Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit , and the AARP announced a plan for legislation to give the MFVVU more funding to uncover more cases of vulnerable adult abuse.
Read MoreMaryland’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.
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