Low-oxygen conditions accounted for about a third of lethal events investigated by the Maryland Department of the Environment since it began collecting fish kill data in 1984, a Capital News Service analysis found.
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Maryland’s Hidden Pop Culture Museums
Maryland has several lesser known, quirky, pop culture museums, including a Star Wars toy collection in Linthicum Heights and a comic book and pop culture mecca in Baltimore.
Social Security Advocates Protest Fiscal Cliff Cuts
BALTIMORE – The American Federation of Government Employees rallied here Wednesday to call attention to their contention that Social Security does not impact the deficit and should be spared changes in negotiations to solve the looming fiscal cliff. The AFGE…
Mizeur Considers an Unprecedented Run for the Governor’s Mansion
Heather Mizeur, a state delegate, is considering running for governor. If she won she would be the first openly gay candidate elected to governor anywhere in the United States.
Student-Athletes Speak Out Against Hazing
Former Maryland wrestler Taylor, who graduated in 2010, was one of the thousands of college students involved in club and varsity sports who are hazed by their teammates each year.
Maryland Moves Ahead with STEM Initiatives
More public schools are spending grants on programs like Learning Studios, which gets students working on problem-based projects with real-life STEM professionals.
School Systems Working to Soften Zero Tolerance Policies
School systems across Maryland are hoping to minimize zero-tolerance discipline scenarios by updating policies. The updates come at a time when the Justice Department has sued Meridian, Miss., saying it created a “school-to-prison pipeline.
Thousands Could Be Eating Contaminated Anacostia Fish
Half of the Anacostia fishermen share their contaminated fish with others along the watershed, according to a new survey released by local environmental groups.
Maryland Stands Out With High Percentage of Women Managers
Stephanie Cohen, CEO of Golden & Cohen, a Gaithersburg-based insurance brokerage firm, for 23 years, and Ann Mitchell, CEO of Montgomery Hospice in Rockville for 14 years, are the facts behind the statistics: More women in Maryland worked as managers relative to other states in 2010.
Supreme Court Sends Health Care Religious Freedom Issue Back to 4th Circuit
A Christian university’s case challenging the Obama administration’s health care act as an abridgement of its religious freedom will get another hearing in federal court.