Posted by Walden Wise on May 14, 2024 · Leave a Comment
The opioid and overdose crisis continues. Fentanyl is the cause of 81% of overdose deaths in Maryland. Despite amazing work by first responders, health care professionals, and many others the opioid epidemic continues to evolve. So too must Maryland’s response. Now is the time to take steps to prepare for the future of this crisis.
Category Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Andres Pinedo, children, CoCreators, Dylan Gee, emotional health, Erik C. Nook, fentanyl, Jessica Schleider, Kathleen O'Brien, Lanny Lancaster, Maria S. Jones, mental health, Miranda D. Russell, Mitch Prinstein, Walden Wise
Posted by Java Joe on June 1, 2023 · Leave a Comment
A Government Accountability Office report reveals that more than 1 million F-35 fighter jet spare parts worth at least $85 million have gone missing over at least the past five years since the government does not have a system to track the parts.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Abrams tanks, debt ceiling, East China Sea, F-35 spare parts, fentanyl, GBU-57, GEN Eric Smith, Gen. David Berger, Government Accounting Office, Hank Vanderborght, Islamic Republic, Kyiv, Luzon Island, M1A1 Abrams, Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training, MCVET, National Defense Authorization Act, North Korea, Precise Systems, Serhii Popko, Taliban, Yellow Sea
Posted by Java Joe on February 20, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore testified last week in support of a bill that would give the state’s military retirees a larger tax break. The tax exemption set would save Maryland veterans an estimated $30 million annually beginning in tax year 2024, according to the governor’s office.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags all-electric aircraft, Angeline Brown, Black Hawk helicopters, drug overdoses, fentanyl, Jamaine Clemmons, Joby Aviation, Keep Our Heroes Home Act, military retirees, National Black Engineer of the Year Awards, STEM, Troy Bennett, UFOs, Ukraine, US Space Force
Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
House lawmakers follow Senate recommendations and back a 3.1 percent military pay raise, the largest in a decade. The recommendations also block plans to cut 18,000 defense medical jobs.