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The Baltimore Sun

Allentown, PA, United States

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Past articles by Emily:

Group backed by Sinclair Broadcast Group chair likely to push for referendum to allow Baltimore recall elections

A group that backed a successful petition drive to get term limits approved by Baltimore voters last fall says it's likely to make a second push to get recall elections on the ballot next year. → Read More

Could the fallout over Baltimore’s conduit vote snafu prompt changes in how city spends big money?

Fallout over a controversial vote on a management agreement for Baltimore’s conduit system is renewing debate over restructuring the city’s spending board. → Read More

Baltimore City Council bill calls for more inspections of apartment buildings with repeated code violations

Baltimore apartment buildings with repeated code violations would face more frequent inspections from the city under legislation two city councilmen introduced Monday. → Read More

Baltimore City Council continues investigation into conduit deal following unorthodox approval

A Baltimore City Council committee investigating a management agreement between the city and Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. delved deeper into the deal Thursday night. → Read More

Did Baltimore’s conduit deal pass? Comptroller Bill Henry doesn’t think so, so it’s on a new Board of Estimates agenda.

One week ago, Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott forced a vote of Baltimore's spending board to approve a $134 million deal with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to maintain the city’s conduit system. Or did he? → Read More

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott pushes forward conduit agreement vote, circumventing members who sat out meeting

Mayor Brandon Scott charged forward Wednesday with a management agreement for Baltimore’s conduit system with BGE, reconvening a city Board of Estimates meeting to approve the contract after two members sat out the meeting in protest. → Read More

Baltimore reaches agreement with BGE for conduit maintenance; proposal to go before spending board next week

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has finalized a proposed agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to take over maintenance of the city’s conduit system. → Read More

Baltimore OIG: City contractor falsified payments to minority and women-owned businesses

The Baltimore Inspector General has referred a city contractor to law enforcement for prosecution after an investigation showed the company falsified payments to minority and women-owned businesses that were required by its agreement with the city. → Read More

Baltimore to ban use of TikTok on city network, devices

Baltimore’s employees will be banned from using the social media app TikTok as a result of cybersecurity concerns surrounding the platform, which is tied to the Chinese government. → Read More

Coppin State awarded $3.9M grant to expand broadband internet access to West Baltimore: ‘It’s about justice’

The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Coppin State University a $3.9 million grant that will support broadband internet access expansion in West Baltimore. → Read More

Baltimore to run out of federal eviction prevention funds by mid-March, officials say

Baltimore will exhaust its federal eviction relief money by mid-March, officials told members of Baltimore City Council Tuesday, making the city the latest to sound the alarm about dwindling funding. → Read More

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in Central Baltimore shooting

Baltimore Police are investigating a shooting on McCulloh Street that left one man with life-threatening injuries. → Read More

Prosecutors oppose request for former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s defense team to withdraw

Federal prosecutors are opposing a request from former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s attorneys to leave her defense team. → Read More

Baltimore Councilman Zeke Cohen explores bid for City Council president

Democratic Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen has formed an exploratory committee to consider a run for council president in 2024. → Read More

Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby argues that donations to defense fund shouldn’t count as gifts

Baltimore's ethics board has asked a judge to dismiss a memo filed on behalf of City Council President Nick Mosby, arguing it was filed months after its Sept. 12 deadline. → Read More

Baltimore voters approved term limits last month. A city councilman is already moving to repeal them.

Baltimore’s newly approved term limits for its mayor, comptroller and the City Council will not to be effective until 2024, but a member of council is already calling for their repeal. → Read More

Families of Stricker Street fire victims to sue Baltimore, saying the deaths were preventable

The families of the Baltimore firefighters who died battling a fire on Stricker Street earlier this year are planning to sue the city. → Read More

Baltimore approves $750,000 settlement in lawsuit over officer convicted of lying about altercation in viral video

Baltimore’s Board of Estimates agreed to spend $750,000 Wednesday to settle a lawsuit involving a city police officer convicted of lying about an altercation that resulted in two men being jailed and charged. → Read More

Sam Cogen, Baltimore’s first new sheriff in 30-plus years, ending policy of posting eviction notices on shared doors

Baltimore is ending a long-standing policy of posting eviction notices on shared or exterior doors to apartment buildings when sheriff’s deputies are unable to get inside. → Read More

Chris Shorter, leaving after two years as Baltimore’s first city administrator, says city doesn’t have turnover problem

Chris Shorter, Baltimore’s first city administrator, is leaving after two years for a job in Virginia. Of Mayor Scott’s nine executive staff members, four will have turned over in the last year with Shorter’s exit. → Read More