Author Archives: Tim Curtis

Tim Curtis covers health care, higher education, and technology for The Daily Record.

Md. opioid plan sets sights on continuing 2019 gains

January 10, 2020 Leave a comment

Statewide opioid-related deaths have begun to decline in Maryland, and the state said its recently released strategic plan will help ensure that trend continues. But some advocates say the state’s plan could go further, including support for overdose prevention sites ...

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Morgan State considers building a medical school

January 9, 2020 Leave a comment

Morgan State University, one of the plaintiffs in the HBCU lawsuit against the state of Maryland. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Morgan State University could bring a medical school to its campus through a partnership with a private company, a move that would create the first such program at a historically black college in more than four decades, the university announced Thursday. The ...

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TEDCO names former Md. National Guard head Singh as acting director

January 9, 2020 Leave a comment

Retired Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, former adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard, will serve as interim executive director and CEO of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, TEDCO announced Thursday. Singh will lead the agency responsible for investing in ...

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Hogan asks Frosh to sue Pa., EPA over bay cleanup efforts

January 8, 2020 Leave a comment

Water flows through Conowingo Dam, a hydroelectric dam spanning the lower Susquehanna River near Conowingo, Md., on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Officials once counted on the dam to block large amounts of sediment in the Susquehanna from reaching Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, but the reservoir behind the dam has filled with sediment far sooner than expected. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Gov. Larry Hogan has directed Attorney General Brian Frosh to pursue litigation against Pennsylvania and the Environmental Protection Agency over Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Hogan believes the EPA will not force Pennsylvania to meet its ...

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Md. students ask regents to make Election Day a holiday

January 7, 2020 Leave a comment

In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota.(AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

A panel of students urged the University System of Maryland Board of Regents to consider making Election Day a systemwide holiday to encourage greater civic engagement among students. “Please consider establishing Election Day as a holiday for all USM students,” ...

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Md. drug board set to begin meetings next week

January 6, 2020 Leave a comment

Former Maryland Secretary of Health Van Mitchell speaks Jan. 6, 2020 at the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board meeting. (The Daily Record / Tim Curtis)

ELLICOTT CITY — The Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board will hold its first meeting next week as the commission designed to find ways to reduce prescription drug prices in the state must also begin the mundane tasks of administration. Van ...

TEDCO funds open again for applications

January 3, 2020 Leave a comment

Four Maryland Technology Development Corporation funds will begin accepting applications for investments again after they had delayed investments while adapting regulations to an oversight law passed by the Maryland General Assembly last year. The Builder Fund, the Maryland Venture Fund, ...

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Richmond Fed president: Uncertainty, the unknown are biggest economic risks

January 3, 2020 Leave a comment

In this Oct. 24, 2017, photo, an employee wears his laboratory coat at his workstation at Lord Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial coatings, adhesives, bearings, and sensing equipment for range of commercial markets, including United States military contracts in Erie, Pa. Without white collar jobs, it becomes increasingly difficult for places to reinvent themselves at a moment when the global economy has prized brains over brawn. What can start as factory layoffs has snowballed into companies shifting their executive headquarters to cities with better airports, not just cheaper costs of doing business. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The biggest threats to the economy could be uncertainty and the unexpected, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond told Maryland bankers Friday. Businesses just want to know the rules and that would be the best thing for ...

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Union Hospital finalizes affiliation with Delaware health system

January 2, 2020 Leave a comment

Union Hospital in Cecil County (Submitted photo)

Union Hospital of Cecil County is officially a part of Wilmington, Delaware-based ChristianaCare, finalizing an affiliation originally announced in June. Union joins ChristianaCare as the third hospital in its system and the first hospital outside of Delaware. The hospital will ...

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Overtime threshold increases, but impact likely smaller in Md.

December 31, 2019 Leave a comment

In the 1970′s, over 65 percent of America's salaried workforce was covered by the nation's overtime rules. Because of the 2004 overtime regulations, which dramatically weakened coverage, that number has now shrunk to 7 percent, one expert says. (Photo Illustration/Thinkstock)

The federal Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will likely not have a significant effect on Maryland businesses after most prepared for a more stringent rule proposed by the Obama administration, local employment law specialists say. The rule takes effect ...

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