Commercial under consideration to work on new development in Woodberry
Politically-wired contractor may soon be tackling a housing project that, skirts the zoning code, an attorney for nearby residents says.
Crime & JusticeJul 18, 2019
Scott backs bill ending Baltimore’s use of “gag orders” to settle police misconduct, discrimination suits
Legislation follows last week’s ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that non-disparagement clauses violate the First Amendment.
Business & DevelopmentJul 17, 2019
Construction to start on first phase of the Old Town rebuild
Developer Henson calls the East Baltimore project the first step in connecting low-income communities “into the fabric of the city.”
AccountabilityJul 11, 2019
Police unit thought of using explosives to dislodge boat in harbor
Inspector General describes a Baltimore Police Department team whose botched salvage operation cost taxpayers $30,000 for something that the state would have done for free.
TransportationJul 17, 2019
Change in Artscape’s boundaries brings fears of snarled traffic in Bolton Hill
DOT is scrambling to reroute the vehicles detouring around Baltimore’s reconfigured annual festival so that they don’t plow right through the neighborhood
AccountabilityJul 16, 2019
Baltimore’s mayor, out of town one-fifth of the time, is back from Las Vegas today
Since taking over as mayor on May 2, Young has been out of town on 16 of his first 75 days in office, according to travel requests reviewed by The Brew.
The Drip
Your quick news fix
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
Jun 21, 2019
Randi Walters named director of Baltimore Department of Social Services
Jun 20, 2019
Little Italy pedestrian-activated beacon: A follow-up
Special Series
Fresh Water, Foul Sewage
Jul 10, 2019
The latest byproducts of Baltimore’s failing infrastructure: a sinkhole and snarled traffic
Campaign 2020
Jul 8, 2019
Young is talking to donors about running for Baltimore mayor in 2020
Inside City Hall
May 30, 2019
Young seeks private-sector volunteers in city government
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
Activists press Pugh, City Council to end police misconduct “gag orders”
Today the ACLU and allies are holding a rally and public forum to promote a lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs Ashley Overbey and Baltimore Brew.
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