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Full City Council advances Harbor Point TIF
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.
Baltimore police respond to surge in violence
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 […]
City water system in a fix
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.
Stokes seeks investment for Perkins Homes community
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.
Christopher Summers: Baltimore’s fiscal future begins now
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.”
GBC opposes city residents’ hiring bill
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.
Editorial: A snare of its own making
Call it the fable of the client who wouldn’t abide sound counsel. Just about every lawyer can tell some version of it: The client comes in asking for advice but really only wants permission, a shortcut around the rules, a loophole to make the unlawful lawful.
City Council to Law Dept.: Help on hiring bill
In the hours before the Baltimore City Council moved forward on a proposed local hiring mandate, members of the council expressed their frustration with the city’s Law Department over its continued insistence that the bill is unconstitutional.
Baltimore City Council committee approves local hiring mandate
A proposal to establish a local hiring mandate was passed Tuesday by the Baltimore City Council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee after a brief, 15-minute work session.
Consultant offers options for Hagerstown ballpark
HAGERSTOWN — The city of Hagerstown is considering three possible sites for a minor league ballpark that would replace 82-year-old Municipal Stadium. The Herald-Mail reports that Ripken Design presented its […]
Promises linked to Hilton not fulfilled
As Baltimore finance officials ponder how to address chronic shortfalls in revenues from the city-owned Hilton Baltimore — which will cost taxpayers at least $2 million this year — some members of the City Council say political promises made in 2005 to get the hotel built in the first place have not fully materialized.
Workers: Hyatt violating city agreement
Hyatt Regency Baltimore hotel employees plan to testify before the City Council that the hotel is violating its agreement with the city by subcontracting at least a third of its jobs to temporary workers.
