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May 19, 2021
The presiding officers of the General Assembly announced their appointments to the Blueprint for Maryland Future s Accountability and Implementation Board Nominating Committee on Wednesday.
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Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan (R) has not yet announced his two nominees.
Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) appointed Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George s), chair of the Senate s Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, and Shanaysha Sauls, the president and CEO of the Baltimore Community Foundation.
Subscribe Chair Pinsky and Dr. Sauls have long been leaders in the fight for educational equity here in Maryland, Ferguson said in a statement. Both Chair Pinsky and Dr. Sauls have vast experience as educators, policymakers, and experts in effectively serving students and families. They understand the leadership that will be required to implement the Blueprint with fidelity and will play an invaluable role in ensuring the right people are se
Plus: County to host 24th Juneteenth celebration; Hogan signs bill repealing Civil War-era state song Bethesda Beat Staff |
May 19, 2021
Rockville bioscience firm sold for $293M
Charles River Laboratories, a Massachusetts drug research company, said Monday it has signed a deal to buy Vigene Biosciences, a Rockville gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization, for $292.5 million.
In addition to the initial purchase price, Vigene is eligible for up to $57.5 million based on how well it meets certain goals. [Boston Globe]
County to host 24th Juneteenth celebration
Montgomery County’s 24th Juneteenth Celebration will be held at the BlackRock Center for the Arts at 12901 Town Commons Drive in Germantown from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on June 19.
The University of Maryland, College Park.
MD NAACP CHIEF BLASTS HOGAN PARDON OF LYNCHING VICTIMS: The head of Maryland’s NAACP on Sunday lambasted Gov. Larry Hogan’s posthumous pardon of lynching victims as “political posturing,” criticizing the Republican governor for issuing a blanket pardon of dozens of the state’s Black victims even though many were never convicted of any crimes, but merely charged or accused of wrongdoing before they were killed, Chandelis Duster of CNN reports.
STEELE: DON’T DEFUND, RE-EVALUATE THE POLICE: Former Lt. Gov. and former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, who is considering a run for governor, addressed the ‘defund the police’ idea in an interview Monday with Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter. He said the idea “is not realistic. … But there has to be some level of re-evaluation of how we are policing, particularly in communities of color. And not just where we are seeing top-level problems, but also more sy