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City administrator creating new deputy mayor job to improve city services
By hiring a deputy mayor of operations to oversee DOT and DPW, it is expected those agencies will be more closely watched and ...
Mayor Scott hires out-of-state spokesperson, sparking questions on residency law's future
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott's hiring of a new out-of-state spokesperson has a city councilman questioning the impact of ...
Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs
A federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government ...
Judge pauses parts of Trump orders aimed at dismantling DEI
A Maryland federal judge paused portions of the Trump administration‘s sweeping executive orders on diversity, equity, and ...
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Meet the members of Baltimore’s new Opioid Restitution Advisory Board
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott swore in Baltimore’s Opioid Restitution Advisory Board at a city hall ceremony Tuesday. The ...
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Hearings postponed on Baltimore's opioid crisis amid ongoing litigation, impending payouts
A Baltimore councilman who sought to hold public hearings on the opioid crisis must wait amid an ongoing feud at City Hall.
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Armed with Bloomberg money, Baltimore’s I-team will tackle police recruitment and vacant houses
Police recruitment and vacant housing are described as two of Baltimore’s biggest challenges by the mayor’s innovation chief.
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Hearings postponed on Baltimore’s opioid crisis amid ongoing litigation
A Baltimore City councilman who sought to hold public hearings on the city’s opioid crisis must wait amid an ongoing feud at ...
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Baltimore City Council again calls off opioid hearing under pressure from mayor
The only member of council that can cancel another’s hearing, City Council President Zeke Cohen had avoided wading into the ...
Baltimore moves $68 million to cover overspending in city agencies last year
The Baltimore City Council Budget & Appropriations Committee is advancing nearly $68 million to cover overspending within various city agencies in fiscal year 2024.
‘Absolute power’: How Stephanie Rawlings-Blake quashed reform of Baltimore’s strong mayor system
In 2015, five Baltimore City Council members proposed a bill that would have upended the mayor’s outsized power over spending ...
Man receives 2 life sentences for mass shooting that killed Baltimore boxer, injured 5 others
A man received two life sentences plus another 120 years in prison for a 2023 mass shooting that left a man dead, including a Baltimore boxer, and five others wounded, State's Attorney Ivan Bates said ...