Inside City Hall
A transportation department without a traffic chief? Yup, for five years running
“It is kind of ridiculous,” says Steve Sharkey, DOT’s new director. And here is why the job will remain vacant for the foreseeable future.
Crime & JusticeSep 18, 2019
City solicitor, under fire for defending gag orders, decries people “who want to put us down”
Andre Davis says non-disparagement agreements are “the way lawsuits have been settled for hundreds of years.”
AccountabilitySep 18, 2019
The price of Baltimore police misconduct – $24.5 million and rising
The city is bracing for – and also trying to avoid – a rush of new lawsuits stemming from the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.
AccountabilitySep 17, 2019
IG clears Young aide of overspending on Texas trip
But Chief of Staff Kimberly Morton chides Tonya Miller about not following rules regarding approval of travel pay.
Crime & JusticeSep 17, 2019
Tales of beatings and terror as City Council advances bill to end police misconduct “gag” clauses
Pushing back on victims, lawmakers and his former 4th Circuit colleagues, Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis defends, and still requires, non-disclosure agreements.
Crime & JusticeSep 16, 2019
ACLU calls Young’s executive order on police misconduct gag orders “a sham”
Order allows Baltimore to continue gag orders, prohibiting only “unreasonable” ones. ACLU calls Young’s “truth-to-power” language in issuing the order “disgusting.”
The Drip
Your quick news fix
Sep 17, 2019
Young moves police-involved settlements to BOE’s non-routine agenda
Sep 11, 2019
Hearing Monday on bill to end “gag orders” in police settlements
Jul 8, 2019
Sharkey to lead Baltimore’s troubled DOT, Nyagah-Nash to head DGS
Jun 28, 2019
Housing Authority responds on Poe Homes rent abatement question
Jun 25, 2019
Photos of Hendler’s glory years and a video of its scarred interior today
Special Series
Inside City Hall
Sep 19, 2019
A transportation department without a traffic chief? Yup, for five years running
Fresh Water, Foul Sewage
Sep 5, 2019
In rare move, judge rejects development, citing Baltimore County’s sewer problems
Campaign 2020
Sep 1, 2019
Actress Rain Pryor takes aim at 3rd District incumbent Ryan Dorsey
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
Who “owns” Baltimore’s beat-up, poorly-air-conditioned schools?
A Republican governor, a Democratic mayor, school officials and many others, argues a parent. “Now fix them!”
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