Since August, most Central American “unaccompanied minors” who came to Maryland over the summer — often to escape gang violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — moved into Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. School systems say they need more mental health and family counseling to respond to many students’ trauma.
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Inaugural Maryland STEM Festival Announces Week-Long Launch Date
STEM education is about to get a lot more fun with the first ever statewide Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Festival that’s hoping to turn today’s students into tomorrow’s innovators.
Local Girl Makes Clay Elephants to Help Abused Elephants in Thailand
Miriam Gardsbane of Rockville is passionate about helping elephants. She, along with friends and family, made clay elephants to sell at the Olney Farmers Market.
UMBC’s Choice Program is Helping Teens Get on Track
Imhotep Simba and Abdul Brannum may have had a brush with the law, but now they’re turning their lives around thanks to UMBC’s Choice Program that gives troubled teens new opportunities.
Amid Controversy, D.C. Marijuana Law Goes Into Effect
Initiative 71 makes it legal for anyone over 21 in Washington, D.C. to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and to grow up to six marijuana plants in their homes. The marijuana must be consumed on private property and cannot be sold, but rather must be traded or shared.
House Committee Hears Bills on Decriminalization, Legalization of Marijuana
Other Bills Would Change College Sexual Assault Policies, Reform Rape-Kit Processing
Bill Requires 25 Percent of State’s Energy to be From Renewable Sources by 2020
Businessmen, religious leaders and environmentalists pushed for the expansion of clean energy in Maryland at the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.
The bill, sponsored by state Senator Brian Feldman, D-Montgomery, would increase the use of renewable energy to power the state. Known as the 2015 Maryland Clean Energy Advancement Act, it would require 25 percent of Maryland’s energy to come from renewable sources, such as solar or wind power, by 2020.
Hogan Announces Initiatives To Combat State’s Heroin and Opioid ‘Crisis’
Governor creates task force and inter-agency council to fight heroin epidemic
A Call for Congress to Support Gender Equality in the Workplace
Advocates and congresswomen push for laws and policies for equality for women in the workplace.