UMD employees seek more remote working options, specific telework policies
Supervisors have ultimate discretion to approve or deny telework for their employees.
‘We are sitting ducks’: PGCPS bus drivers say they feel unsafe
Drivers in the county are tripling or quadrupling their runs in order to cover for the bus driver shortage in PGCPS.
Prince George’s County Board of Education votes to include labor agreement in school building project
A labor agreement will decide the conditions for construction workers beforehand.
Campus unions unite in push for collective bargaining rights
The event comes ahead of Friday morning’s Board of Regents meeting, where collective bargaining will be one of the subjects of discussion.
UMD employees push for alert system to include extreme heat warnings
In College Park, across June, July and August, there were 14 days where the maximum temperature was 90 degrees or above.
College Park apartment fire leaves two injured, at least 50 displaced
The Prince George’s County fire department responded to calls for the fire in the three-story apartment complex on Baltimore Avenue on Monday morning.
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness plan
With a vote of 6-3, the court deemed President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan illegal.
Supreme Court restricts affirmative action in college admissions
Both state and private universities will no longer be allowed to consider race in their admissions process.
UMD SGA members falsify dozens of petition signatures in election appeal review process
The Diamondback made contact this week with 51 of the students listed. Of those, 33 people said they did not sign the petition.
United Maryland’s Alexandra DeBus elected UMD SGA president after two-week results delay
DeBus, a junior biochemistry major, defeated Aspire Maryland’s presidential candidate Scott Cronin by five percentage points in a close race for the position.