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Baltimore mayor delivers final State of the City address
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivered her seventh and final State of the City address on Monday, a speech aimed at varnishing her accomplishments in office after suffering through a brutal year […]
C. Fraser Smith: For Baltimore mayoral candidates, challenges in a city ready to be led
You can’t tell by the thermometer it’s springtime – for those who would be mayor of Baltimore. Or, maybe you do see it – two dozen of candidates of both […]
Democratic leaders: Hogan’s putting the squeeze on urban Maryland
ANNAPOLIS — Democratic leaders in some of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions say Gov. Larry Hogan is squeezing them in the budget and using their money to favor Republican areas. During Martin […]
Baker to detail how Hogan gives ‘short end of the stick’ to some jurisdictions
Local leaders from three heavily Democratic areas will meet with reporters to offer a contrarian view of last year under Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.
Questions remain as Baltimore police roll out body cameras
As the Baltimore Police Department prepares to equip 3,000 officers with body-worn cameras amid increasing scrutiny of police interactions with the public, questions remain about how the footage will be […]
Joe Nathanson: Getting ‘Value’ out of ‘Vacants to Value’
About a decade ago, before the collapse of the U.S. housing market and the global economic meltdown, I was given a challenging consulting assignment focused on Baltimore city’s housing market. […]
Baltimore County won’t seek reimbursement for riot assistance
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said today that he has informed Mayor Stephanie Rawlings- Blake that the county will not seek $257,000 in reimbursement from the city for police and […]
Porter case goes to jury
Jurors in the trial of Officer William Porter heard an impassioned plea for accountability from prosecutors and a measured request to set aside emotion from the defense before beginning deliberations […]
Editorial: Sending the wrong message
Though it has a bad connotation, the concept of hiring a lawyer as a preventive measure (“lawyering up”) almost always is a prudent step. Better to be prepared for the […]
Rawlings-Blake thanks business for post-riot support
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake lauded businesses for their efforts to help the city recover from riots in April that followed the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray from injuries suffered in police […]
93 percent of riot-damaged businesses open again, BDC says
Six months after the death of Freddie Gray sparked riots in Baltimore, nearly all of the businesses damaged during the unrest have reopened. The Baltimore Development Corp. (BDC) reported Tuesday […]
Baltimore mayor heading to Paris for climate conference
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is headed to Paris next week for the United Nations’ climate change conference. According to an agenda for the city’s Board of Estimates meeting on Wednesday, Rawlings-Blake, […]
