Mayor Scott orders barriers removed from the Roland Water Tower road
“It was good old-fashioned organizing,” according to the group that objected to the road closure, adding they learned of their success via an Afro story by ex-mayor Catherine Pugh.
Marilyn and Nick Mosby each report $0.00 in their campaign bank accounts
UPDATED with screenshots of apparent financial discrepancies in Marilyn Mosby’s reports to the Elections Board.
Nov 29, 2022
Saying it may violate the law, Baltimore’s ethics board asks Mayor Scott to delay signing pension bill
UPDATED: Panel says the bill appears to violate two provisions of the Ethics Code. No public response from the mayor, but more criticism is heaped on Council President Nick Mosby by Councilman Zeke Cohen.
Nov 28, 2022
Welcome to the “underpass to nowhere” 20 years after it was planned
The story of a costly pedestrian tunnel that runs straight into an embankment because city agencies failed to coordinate their plans.
Nov 25, 2022
Scott’s cigarette butt lawsuit sends a worrisome message about the mayor’s priorities
In a city beset with grime and uncollected trash, the lawsuit filed against cigarette companies seems like a flimsy distraction. [OP-ED]
Special SeriesNov 22, 2022
Nick Mosby and Zeke Cohen fact-check each other on Council’s past employee pension cutbacks
After Mosby said that facts matter, Cohen points to prior Council votes – including by Mosby himself – to reduce pension benefits to city workers.
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Nov 30, 2022
Mayor’s veto of Nick Mosby’s pension bill leaves its future in doubt
Nov 21, 2022
Nick Mosby gets 2-month reprieve to find a lawyer in ethics case
Oct 25, 2022
Baltimore water customers getting discount promised after E. coli outbreak
Oct 17, 2022
A film on Baltimore squeegee workers that’s free from the usual “abhorrent conversation”
Sep 28, 2022
New portal for city bill payments goes “live” on Saturday
Special Series
Marilyn and Nick Mosby
Nov 29, 2022
Marilyn and Nick Mosby each report $0.00 in their campaign bank accounts
Inside City Hall
Nov 22, 2022
Nick Mosby and Zeke Cohen fact-check each other on Council’s past employee pension cutbacks
Field of Dreams
Nov 15, 2022
It’s official: Kevin Plank’s Port Covington is rebranded as “Baltimore Peninsula”
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
by Fern ShenJan 17, 2018
Goodbye “food deserts,” hello “Healthy Food Priority Areas”
A new name for an old problem that hits Baltimore’s Black residents hardest.
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