Clarence Thomas is elected vice president of the local that represents sanitation and other blue-collar city employees.

The spat between Baltimore’s top prosecutor and its mayor has hogged the headlines, but I wanted to hear more about the mission they share: increasing safety and honoring justice.

Saying residents’ concerns about the Data Science and AI Institute were being ignored by the university, Councilwoman Ramos wanted city leaders to defer the approvals it sought: “The lack of transparency is astounding.”

The funds are supposed to go to grassroots groups. Is that happening? It’s hard to say due to BCYF’s sketchy grantmaking and lack of meaningful outcomes reporting. [OP-ED]