Gov. Martin O’Malley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake are highlighting summer jobs for Baltimore youths. The governor and the mayor announced funding for the jobs on Wednesday for the initiative called YouthWorks. It places young people between the ages of ...

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“All’s well that ends well!” shouted a crowd of nearly 150 as the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company kicked off renovations of the historic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co. building at Calvert and Redwood streets Tuesday morning.

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The $6.5 million redevelopment of the landmark that survived the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 is expected to be completed in late 2014.

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Despite a report from the city’s audit department that called for lower increases and protests from a packed room of residents about a lack of collection of $25 million in delinquent water bills, the Board of Estimates, Baltimore’s spending board. voted Wednesday to approve a three consecutive years of rate hikes for city water and sewage bills.

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has formally endorsed Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown for governor, a vote of confidence that was billed by Brown’s campaign as a “major endorsement.” In a statement released Monday, Rawlings-Blake said she was endorsing Brown because ...

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has formally endorsed Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown for governor, a vote of confidence that was billed by Brown's campaign as a "major endorsement."

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday.

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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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Exclusive development rights for the city-owned Superblock property will be rebid in the fall, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday.

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So, there’s a great way of describing the world of big-city mayors.

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