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Md. assembly debates future of multibillion-dollar public school reform 02/18/2020 09:08am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners��at��Maryland Matters.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Hundreds of people filled hearing rooms and rallied in Annapolis on Monday as the General Assembly took the unusual step of convening a Witnesses pack Maryland hearing on $4 billion education spending plan 02/17/2020 08:45pm • Crowds chanting "Our kids can't wait!" jammed into a designated area for rallies not far from the Maryland State House in Annapolis. It was part of a "pep rally" on Monday for the $4 billion plan designed to reform education in the state. Hundreds of teachers, students and education advocat Md. lawmakers working to ease local financial burdens in school funding bill 02/12/2020 09:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners��at��Maryland Matters.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Leaders in Baltimore City and Prince George���s County said this week they are optimistic that much-needed relief from costly Kirwan Co State hits pause on controversial wireless network to transmit voter information 02/07/2020 11:48pm • Maryland elections officials announced Friday that they will not require the state���s six largest jurisdictions to use a controversial wireless network to transmit voter information to the state during this year���s elections.(Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images) This Officials to investigate problems with new wireless networks that emerged during Tues. primary 02/06/2020 06:12pm • The Maryland State Board of Elections office in Annapolis. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The Maryland State Board of Elections will inves What federal agencies can learn about cloud from industry, early adopters 02/05/2020 03:47pm • This content is sponsored by Flexera. What federal agencies can learn about cloud from industry, early adopters It���s been ten years since the Cloud First policy directed federal agencies to start exploring and implementing cloud technologies, and it���s clear now that cloud is here to stay. Md. cybersecurity bill would create defense plan for local agencies 02/04/2020 09:33pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. ��� A new Maryland bill would ask the state���s Department of Information Technology to develop a baseline plan for localities within the state to help battle cyber attacks. Senate bill 120, introduced by Sen. Susan Lee, D-Montgomery, would give the Maryland Department of Informati Md. bill would make helmets optional for most motorcyclists 02/04/2020 09:23pm • !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data)for(var e in a.data){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe");t&&(t.style.height=a.data+"px")}})}(); (Click here to see the full version of the graphic above) FDA: 7 sunscreen chemicals enter bloodstream after 1 use 01/21/2020 11:02am • After a single application, a total of seven chemicals commonly found in sunscreens can be absorbed into the bloodstream at levels that exceed safety thresholds, according to studies by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, an arm of the US Food and Drug Administration. "What is most alarm Kirwan Commission namesake testifies on $4 billion Maryland education plan 01/14/2020 07:52pm • Dr. William "Brit" Kirwan, the former President of the University of Maryland and Chancellor Emeritus of the University System of Maryland, made an impassioned pitch for the ambitious education reforms made in the commission report bearing his name. On Tuesday, Kirwan sat before members of the M Adapting to uncertainty in the health care industry 01/09/2020 11:21am • This content is sponsored by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. At the start of a new year and a new decade, the ever-changing health care industry is more complicated than ever. Institutions and agencies worked throughout the 2010s to comply with the Affordable Care Act Before jumping into AI, make sure your data is ready 01/06/2020 01:50pm • This content is sponsored by��Arrow NetApp. When it comes to data, it���s easy for federal managers to get caught up in the hype and put the cart before the horse. Everyone wants to start implementing AI, machine learning and robotic process automation as quickly as possible to cut costs and free Kim calls for measures to protect North Korea's security 12/30/2019 01:51am • ��� SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified ���offensive measures��� to protect the country���s security and sovereignty, the North���s state media said on Monday, before his end-of-year deadlin Fairfax Co. high school students develop app geared toward veterans 12/29/2019 03:40pm • From left to right, Nevin Taylor, White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, Ethan Ocasio, Neeyanth Kopparapu, Shreeja Kikkisetti (the members of the GCL team) and Dr. Gil Alterovitz, director of Artificial Intelligence at Veterans Affairs. (WTOP/Melissa Howell) A few high school students in Fa Sunset in Hagerstown? City, team fight for minor league survival 12/05/2019 02:09am • The automated voice that greets you when you call the Hagerstown Suns' front office announces the club as ���your single-A affiliate of the World Champion Washington Nationals.��� This should be a time of celebration, considering 17 former Suns players and coaches were part of the Nats' incredible r