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Port Covington public hearings nearing a climax
The Baltimore City Council committee reviewing legislation to grant Sagamore Development Co. public financing to overhaul Port Covington will hold its final work session Monday. Councilman Carl Stokes, chairman of […]
Baltimore City Councilman Stokes says no to $15 minimum wage
City Councilman Carl Stokes, who as recently as Monday night was the one vote needed to pass a $15 minimum wage bill in Baltimore, said Tuesday that he will vote […]
Carl Stokes formally launches campaign for Baltimore mayor
City Councilman Carl Stokes formally started his campaign to be mayor of Baltimore. The 65-year-old Stokes began his bid Thursday at the Harbor Point development. Stokes, a Democrat, joins more […]
City Council bill would slash Baltimore’s ‘rain tax’
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes introduced legislation Monday aimed at cutting the so called “rain tax” charged city residents, and he slammed development incentives in the news release announcing the […]
Pugh, Stokes to run for Baltimore mayor
Two well-known Baltimore lawmakers are challenging Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. State Sen. Catherine Pugh and Councilman Carl Stokes both announced over the holiday weekend that they’ll run for Baltimore mayor. Pugh, […]
Stokes: too soon for collapse blame
Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes says it's too soon to say who's to blame for a street collapse that sent a retaining wall onto a railroad track in heavy rain.
Joe Nathanson: Are development incentives necessary?
The event in Harbor East’s Legg Mason Tower started off with the sober quality of an academic seminar.
Maryland Business: A courtesy code for City Council?
A week after the finale to a series of bruising public debates over a $1 billion waterfront development among the City Council and the public, a resolution that seeks a […]
Stokes: Tone of TIF hearings calls for courtesy code
A week after the finale to a series of bruising public debates over a $1 billion waterfront development among the City Council and the public, a resolution that seeks a new era of civility at City Hall has been drawn up for the council’s consideration.
Eye Opener: Lollar launching bid for governor
A few government and politics headlines for Friday.
City Council members in tiff over Harbor Point TIF
Baltimore activists and City Council members sparred, sometimes angrily, with one another Wednesday as a council committee continued to debate the merits of a public financing plan for the proposed Harbor Point development.
Stokes firing back over Harbor Point tax break
A Baltimore City Council member said the head of the city’s development agency is making “personal attacks” based on an escalating dispute over public tax breaks for a $1 billion waterfront development.
