The negotiated plan would allow the drilling of about 1,000 pylons through a protective cap covering toxic chromium on the city’s waterfront at the site.

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HAGERSTOWN — A Washington County grand jury has indicted a formerly Hagerstown city councilwoman on theft and perjury charges for money allegedly taken from an estate. The indictment against Kelly S. Cromer was filed in court on Tuesday. It alleges ...

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The Baltimore City Council’s vote Monday night for the sale of as much as $125 million in tax increment financing bonds for infrastructure, parkland and other improvements to help construct the controversial Harbor Point development will set into motion a two-month investigative period on the entire deal, city officials said.

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A Texas-based outdoor media company claims Baltimore city is limiting the company's commercial speech by taxing billboards.

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Legislation to establish up to $125 million in tax-increment financing advanced in the Baltimore City Council Monday evening, despite continued protests from some local leaders and residents.

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Police commissioner Anthony Batts is stepping up police presence on the streets of Baltimore in response to a surge in violence. Batts outlined his plan Wednesday for city council members on Wednesday night. Still, three men were shot early Thursday ...

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Leo W. Burroughs Jr. called Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and other top city officials “cowardly” in response to a plan to hike water rates in Baltimore by 37 percent over the next three years.

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Baltimore City Council member Carl Stokes introduced legislation Monday night that would require nearly $16 million be returned to a low-income area and public housing project near Fells Point that developers of the $1 billion Harbor Point project used to gain a $52 million state tax credit.

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The news came like a blindside hit on the quarterback: Three days after the Ravens won the Super Bowl in February, independent financial analysts released a report predicting that Baltimore was on collision course with “financial ruin.”

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The Greater Baltimore Committee, an advocacy group for business interests in the Baltimore region, has taken a position in opposition to the bill sponsored by Baltimore City Council President Bernard “Jack” Young that would require at least 51 percent of new hires working for private-sector contractors on city projects to be city residents.

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