Per the Maryland Attorney General’s Office (1.9.23): Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Chico Unified School District (CUSD) and its local school district policy of safeguarding the privacy and safety of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.
Montgomery County Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi sent the following memorandum to Montgomery County Board of Education President Karla Silvestre on Monday, January 8:
Over $91 million of cannabis was sold in the state of Maryland during the month of December, according to the Maryland Cannabis Administration. These totals include both medical and recreational marijuana sales. In total, $761.3 million of cannabis was sold in the state in 2023. Recreational cannabis sales became legal in Maryland on July 1, 2023.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a special weather statement that warns of “hazardous conditions” in the greater Baltimore/Washington region this evening. The full statement can be seen below:
Donna St. George, an education with the Washington Post for 25+ years who has covered various stories regarding Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and other local school systems, has announced she is leaving the paper.
Bao Bei at 11910 Parklawn Dr #O in Rockville has announced it will close on January 17 to take part in a reality tv food competition.
Brady Anderson’s name is spoken alongside Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Mussina when talking about Baltimore Orioles baseball in the 90s, but did you know that the popular lead-off hitter was born in Silver Spring, MD?
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) has responded to a crash in the area of Arcola Ave and Kemp Mill Rd in Silver Spring shortly after 9pm on Thursday night.
Per the FBI: “The FBI Washington Field Office; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Washington Field Division; the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD); and the U.S. Capitol Police Department (USCP) continue to seek the public’s assistance to identify the suspect who placed pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., in January 2021.
Per MCPS: “Sixteen Montgomery County Public Schools students have been named recipients of full-tuition, four-year scholarships from the Posse Foundation. The Posse program identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes. (more…)
Sam Howell will start the final game of the Washington Commanders’ 2023 season, JP Finlay reported earlier today. He also stated that this will be the first time Washington has had the same quarterback start every game since Kirk Cousins did it in 2017.