The wife of former mayoral candidate Otis Rolley III does not have to repay the city $26,000 she received for maternity or sick leave she took while she was working for the Baltimore City Council president, a jury concluded Thursday.

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Incumbent Stephanie Rawlings-Blake defeated five challengers in Baltimore’s Democratic primary for mayor, a post she took over last year after her predecessor stepped down amid scandal. After guiding the city through a series of crises ranging from snowstorms to budget ...

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Polls have closed in Baltimore’s primary election after a day of low turnout. With 31 percent of precincts reporting, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has a 52 percent of the votes in the Democratic mayoral primary. State Sen. Catherine Pugh follows her ...

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Election officials say less than 10 percent of eligible voters have cast ballots in the first eight hours of voting in Baltimore’s primary election. Observers say Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has a lead in the Democratic mayoral primary. But challengers say ...

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Mayoral candidates are working to get out the vote ahead of this week’s primary. Observers say Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appears to have a definitive lead in the Democratic primary, but her challengers say they have a chance to oust her ...

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With several Democratic challengers helping to split the electorate, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to coast to victory in next week’s primary election. Since ascending to office last year as Sheila Dixon resigned amid scandal, observers say Rawlings-Blake, who won ...

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Mayoral challenger Otis Rolley is hoping comedy legend Bill Cosby will lend some star power to his campaign in the run up to primary day. Cosby headlined a fundraiser for Rolley in January and returns to Baltimore on Wednesday to ...

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1.  The Daily Record has published a number of articles this year about the $1.8 billion redevelopment of Middle East by East Baltimore Development Inc. How would you rate the EBDI development so far in terms of public accountability, financial ...

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With Baltimore’s primary election day one week away, The Daily Record asked the five major Democratic candidates five questions about business and economic development issues that the next mayor must confront. Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway Sr. did ...

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One of the top questions in this year’s mayoral race is how to lower the city’s residential property tax rate, the highest in Maryland at $2.268 per $100 of assessed value. All of the candidates have a plan. And those ...

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