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Otis Rolley opens mayoral campaign headquarters in Hampden
Baltimore mayoral candidate Otis Rolley is opening his campaign headquarters. Rolley, who served as former Mayor Sheila Dixon‘s chief of staff and as city planning director, will officially open his […]
Mayor Rawlings-Blake proposes $2.7B budget
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s proposed $2.7 billion budget does not hike taxes, but she is making targeted cuts. The proposed fiscal year 2012 budget, which is about 8 percent smaller […]
C. Fraser Smith: One favor deserves another
Endorsements don’t mean much in politics these days. Money is much more powerful. But there are dramatic exceptions. Martin O’Malley might not be governor today without the quiet support of […]
City solicitor says mayor didn’t violate ethics laws
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not violate city ethics laws by voting on contracts involving the Johns Hopkins University, despite her husband’s employment with a Hopkins subsidiary, Baltimore‘s top lawyer reported […]
Read Drugstore’s exterior walls to be preserved
Hoping to avoid further delay in the redevelopment of downtown’s Superblock because of controversy over a landmark, Lexington Square Partners LLC has agreed to preserve two exterior walls of the […]
Top 5: ‘We’re shooting ourselves in the foot’
This week, the Maryland Lottery Agency released revenue figures from the state’s two slots casinos, the chief of staff for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake resigned and BWI announced it could soon […]
Week in review: 3/11/11
House panel meets in city At a hearing Tuesday at the University of Maryland School of Law, Maryland residents and officials told the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and […]
House committee takes up gun-crimes legislation
ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the daughter of slain City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. urged state lawmakers Tuesday to increase prison terms for people convicted of illegal […]
House committee holds hearing in Baltimore on foreclosure crisis
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a field hearing on the foreclosure crisis at the University of Maryland law school in Baltimore Tuesday morning. Gov. Martin O'Malley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake were among the panelists who testified about the effects on foreclosure on cities and families.
O’Malley, Rawlings-Blake testify at foreclosure hearing
Kevin Jerron Matthews tried 50 times in a year to speak with his mortgage servicer in an effort to prevent a foreclosure on his Northern Parkway home. The disabled military […]
Baltimore hosts US House hearing on foreclosures
A U.S. House committee is visiting Baltimore to hear about how the foreclosure crisis has affected the city and the state of Maryland. The House Committee on Oversight and Government […]
Baltimore mayor’s chief of staff Dagenais resigns
Sophie Dagenais, chief of staff for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, resigned Monday morning, effective March 21. Dagenais joined the Rawlings-Blake administration in February 2010 after the mayor stepped into office […]
