AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Park Hall Maryland. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/park-hall-md 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/park-hall-md https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:11:59 -0600 Your 7th District Update Dear Friend, On Wednesday, Governor-elect Wes Moore was sworn into office as the sixty-third Governor of Maryland, https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-jb-jennings-annapolis-update-january-20-2023-31523028-annapolis-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-jb-jennings-annapolis-update-january-20-2023-31523028-annapolis-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 After passage of their Service to the Fleet Act in the FY23 annual defense law to authorize the Yard’s infrastructure overhaul, the lawmakers https://www.americantowns.com/news/van-hollen-cardin-ruppersberger-sarbanes-call-for-full-funding-for-coast-guard-yard-infrastructure-modernization-in-presidents-upcoming-budget-31522483-gaithersburg-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/van-hollen-cardin-ruppersberger-sarbanes-call-for-full-funding-for-coast-guard-yard-infrastructure-modernization-in-presidents-upcoming-budget-31522483-gaithersburg-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) today announced $2,720,663 in federal funding for the Baltimore https://www.americantowns.com/news/van-hollen-cardin-mfume-announce-more-than-27-million-for-baltimore-city-health-department-to-combat-hiv-31523191-bethesda-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/van-hollen-cardin-mfume-announce-more-than-27-million-for-baltimore-city-health-department-to-combat-hiv-31523191-bethesda-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 “Not satisfied with reversing decades of progress, Republicans continue to take whatever measures possible to restrict and penalize abortion https://www.americantowns.com/news/cardin-congress-must-do-its-part-and-restore-roe-v-wade-as-federal-law-31522487-easton-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cardin-congress-must-do-its-part-and-restore-roe-v-wade-as-federal-law-31522487-easton-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Senator Van Hollen’s first bills of the new Congress focus on improving ATF, expanding handgun permit-to-purchase laws Today, U.S. Senator https://www.americantowns.com/news/van-hollen-leads-colleagues-in-introduction-of-bills-to-reduce-gun-violence-implement-commonsense-safety-measures-31525011-greenbelt-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/van-hollen-leads-colleagues-in-introduction-of-bills-to-reduce-gun-violence-implement-commonsense-safety-measures-31525011-greenbelt-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the Senate Finance and Senate Foreign Relations https://www.americantowns.com/news/cardin-young-introduce-new-ranking-system-in-fight-to-mitigate-prosecute-and-deter-corruption-worldwide-31523935-potomac-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cardin-young-introduce-new-ranking-system-in-fight-to-mitigate-prosecute-and-deter-corruption-worldwide-31523935-potomac-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON?–?U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced bipartisan legislation in the United States Senate, the Witness Security and https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-cardin-and-congressman-mfume-reintroduce-bill-to-better-protect-witnesses-31523939-randallstown-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/senator-cardin-and-congressman-mfume-reintroduce-bill-to-better-protect-witnesses-31523939-randallstown-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and https://www.americantowns.com/news/cardin-brown-murray-reintroduce-bill-to-provide-payroll-tax-relief-to-businesses-shut-out-of-sbas-restaurant-revitalization-fund-program-31523940-beltsville-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cardin-brown-murray-reintroduce-bill-to-provide-payroll-tax-relief-to-businesses-shut-out-of-sbas-restaurant-revitalization-fund-program-31523940-beltsville-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 ANNAPOLIS, MD—Today, Governor Wes Moore announced his preliminary FY 2024 budget plan, which includes record investments in education and https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-moore-releases-preliminary-fy-2024-budget-plan-31524141-hagerstown-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-moore-releases-preliminary-fy-2024-budget-plan-31524141-hagerstown-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 xANNAPOLIS, MD – The Fiscal Year 2024 budget books will be available beginning at 12:00 p.m. at the Department of Budget and Management's (DBM) https://www.americantowns.com/news/fy-2024-budget-books-available-for-media-pick-up-today-31524142-rockville-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/fy-2024-budget-books-available-for-media-pick-up-today-31524142-rockville-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 ANNAPOLIS, MD —  Today, Governor Wes Moore announced the latest appointments to his administration's executive staff including senior https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-moore-announces-additional-members-of-executive-staff-31524143-towson-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-moore-announces-additional-members-of-executive-staff-31524143-towson-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s https://www.americantowns.com/news/sarbanes-statement-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade-31524206-columbia-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sarbanes-statement-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade-31524206-columbia-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) issued the following statement on the thirteenth anniversary of the Supreme https://www.americantowns.com/news/sarbanes-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-citizens-united-31524207-annapolis-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sarbanes-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-citizens-united-31524207-annapolis-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 After passage of their Service to the Fleet Act in the FY23 annual defense law to authorize the Yard’s infrastructure overhaul, the lawmakers https://www.americantowns.com/news/sarbanes-van-hollen-cardin-ruppersberger-call-for-full-funding-for-coast-guard-yard-infrastructure-modernization-in-presidents-upcoming-budget-31524210-dundalk-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sarbanes-van-hollen-cardin-ruppersberger-call-for-full-funding-for-coast-guard-yard-infrastructure-modernization-in-presidents-upcoming-budget-31524210-dundalk-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the fiftieth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade https://www.americantowns.com/news/hoyer-statement-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade-31524213-baltimore-md.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hoyer-statement-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade-31524213-baltimore-md.html Government and Politics Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600