AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoMaryland Service & Civic Tech: Gov. Wes Moore launched the fourth class of the Maryland Corps/Service Year Option program at Bowie State University, expanding paid full-time service for young Marylanders. Public Health Policy: Maryland issued its first-ever independent 2026-27 vaccine schedules under the Vax Act, after federal guidance shifted. Cyber/AI for Defense: The Pentagon is nearing completion of moving classified AI workloads off Anthropic to other frontier AI vendors, as it builds a multi-model approach. Local Data Center Fight: Federalsburg became the first Eastern Shore community to ban data centers, citing concerns over energy, water, noise, and health. Biotech & Agriculture: UMD researchers helped develop CRISPR-Combo, a gene-editing system that speeds plant regeneration for gene-edited crops. Environment & Coastal Risk: A new map estimates over 10 million dead trees along the Atlantic coast, linked to saltwater intrusion. Education Equity: Johns Hopkins researchers say Baltimore school integration is nearly impossible without regional housing and transportation changes. Wildlife Disease: Delaware DNREC rolled out temporary chronic wasting disease rules after the state’s first CWD case in deer.
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