Maryland homeowners who rented their property using a home-sharing website generated around $57 million in income in 2018. The Baltimore Sun reports about 6,500 Marylanders used Airbnb to rent individual rooms or entire spaces to around 383,000 visitors this year. The company ...

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(UPDATED, 9:15 p.m.) — The Baltimore City Council took a major step toward subsidizing the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The council, on Monday evening, approved moving the so-called Fund the Trust Act to a final vote. The legislation raises city ...

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Protesters from the group Housing Our Neighbors announced their displeasure with using $21 million of excess recordation and transfer taxes to cover police overtime.

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A Baltimore city councilman plans to introduce legislation that would require each city agency to assess its policies and establish an annual fund, a two-pronged approach to eliminating "structural and institutional racism."

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The Baltimore City Council has passed a bill that would ban new or expanded crude oil terminals in the city.

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Baltimore City Council members have formally asked the Maryland General Assembly to pass legislation that would raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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A push to ban the sale of cats and dogs at pet stores in Maryland may find a foothold in Baltimore.

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Elected officials in Baltimore will receive a pay raise at the beginning of the new year.

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Native American organizers are spending Columbus Day spreading awareness of a campaign to support legislation in Baltimore to change the name of the holiday to Indigenous People’s Day. The event will take place on Monday at the Baltimore American Indian ...

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Baltimore City Council members are watering down a proposal to impose mandatory one-year jail terms for carrying illegal handguns. A city council committee adopted an amendment Tuesday that would exempt first-time offenders unless they are committing other crimes too. Baltimore ...

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