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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
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 apartment buildings with repeated code violations would face more frequent inspections from the city under legislation two city councilmen introduced Monday. → Read More
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
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
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 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
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’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
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 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
Baltimore Police are investigating a shooting on McCulloh Street that left one man with life-threatening injuries. → Read More
Federal prosecutors are opposing a request from former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s attorneys to leave her defense team. → Read More
Democratic Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen has formed an exploratory committee to consider a run for council president in 2024. → Read More
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’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
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’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
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, 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