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Rawlings-Blake proposes $6M Baltimore affordable housing fund
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Wednesday proposed a new fund to spur the development of affordable housing in the city. During a summit celebrating the fifth anniversary of her Vacants to Value […]
Groove CEO launches drive to boost Baltimore vote
Only 23 percent of Baltimore‘s registered voters went to the polls in the last mayoral primary in 2011, the lowest in the city’s history. A local CEO does not want […]
Plaudits and brickbats for Baltimore’s signature anti-blight program
A new report from the Abell Foundation finds Baltimore‘s Vacants to Value program to be ambitious but seriously flawed. In the detailed report, authored by former Baltimore Sun reporter Joan […]
C. Fraser Smith: Politics and the Baltimore housing department
Deplorable conditions in Baltimore‘s public housing inventory lead to a number of important questions: How can these conditions have persisted for so long? Is this the first time the city’s […]
Groundbreaking scheduled for Baltimore whiskey distillery
A groundbreaking ceremony is set for a new Baltimore-based whiskey company. Gov. Larry Hogan and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake are scheduled to attend the event for the five-acre Sagamore Spirit […]
C. Fraser Smith: City in the hands of a caretaker
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake now faces the possibility she will be a caretaker mayor for the next 15 months. Or it could be worse. In effect, Baltimore might have a mayor in […]
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 […]
Mayor seeks supermarket tax credit for ‘food deserts’
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s administration is unveiling legislation to give supermarkets in Baltimore‘s “food desert” neighborhoods an 80 percent tax break. The legislation will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council […]
With Rawlings-Blake bowing out, business looks for its candidate
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake‘s unexpected announcement that she’s not seeking re-election caught business leaders off guard, but some are now wondering if that decision presents an opportunity to get behind […]
PHOTOS: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake through the years
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Friday announced that she would not seek re-election. Here’s look at some images of the mayor from The Daily Record’s archives.
Baltimore officials defend timing, amount of Gray settlement
The Baltimore Board of Estimates unanimously voted to approve a $6.4 million settlement with Freddie Gray’s family on Wednesday, a decision city officials stressed was aimed at providing closure to […]
Will civil settlement in Freddie Gray case impact upcoming criminal trials?
The proposed $6.4 million settlement resolving all civil claims stemming from the death of Freddie Gray will have no legal bearing on the criminal cases against six police officers involved in Gray’s arrest.
