Accountability

Special Seriesby Mark ReutterApr 14, 2020

The Hogan administration says privacy laws block it from releasing the names of nursing homes with COVID cases. States like Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee say the public has the right to know. A SPECIAL REPORT.

Mar 24, 2020

Fleet repair contractor to be suspended for alleged fraud

Baltimore firm allegedly submitted hundreds of invoices for work it did not perform and for equipment that was overpriced and sometimes “unusable.” UPDATED.

Special SeriesMar 19, 2020

Potential conflict-of-interest votes by Pratt total $48 million, Inspector General finds

Six-term comptroller has long kept a lengthy “abstentions list,” but hasn’t always abstained from voting, OIG report says.

Special SeriesMar 11, 2020

Joan Pratt has been paying phone bills from her campaign account for at least 15 years

The longtime comptroller has used nearly $28,000 of her campaign funds on phone bills since 2005 – nearly a third of the money her campaign has spent.

Mar 3, 2020

“What we’ve encountered is just some incomprehensible billing”

Commercial water customers say getting Baltimore to bill them correctly for water use is an exercise in frustration.

Feb 28, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Baltimore is not collecting millions of dollars from commercial water users

A Johns Hopkins medical campus building and Kevin Plank’s hotel and distillery are among the properties with sizeable water bills. Serious problems uncovered, dwarfing Ritz Carlton billing errors.

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Feb 4, 2020

Joan Pratt discloses the income she earns from “persons doing business with the city”

Special SeriesJan 30, 2020

Company planning drug treatment facility gave Ryan Dorsey $42,000

Jan 8, 2020

Fired city risk manager gave his “bestie” inside contract information

Jan 7, 2020

2020 salary hike for Young and other elected officials

Dec 18, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: J.P. Grant reaped over $500,000 in commissions while Pugh was mayor

Dec 16, 2019

Young says he will give back a tax credit he got by registering a property as his primary residence

Dec 16, 2019

Young gets thousands of dollars in tax credits by misstating his principal residence

Special SeriesDec 11, 2019

Knocking Scott aside, Young muscles through J.P. Grant contract

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Dec 3, 2019

What’s next for Pugh’s $150,000 backer, J.P. Grant?

Nov 25, 2019

Baltimore’s disgraced ex-mayor has $1 million in her campaign coffers. What might become of it?

Nov 13, 2019

$10,000 Florida trip: A junket or a way to keep Rec and Parks “relevant”?

Nov 6, 2019

Questions raised about qualifications of the two nominees for state prosecutor

Nov 4, 2019

Baltimore’s risk manager is let go over alleged improprieties

Oct 30, 2019

Joan Pratt hires dismissed MTA staffer who ordered $65,000 in office furniture

Oct 29, 2019

Young’s use of a school marching band for campaign kick-off questioned

Oct 18, 2019

Fresh evidence of a Baltimore County sewer cover-up demands attention

Oct 4, 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: Police again fill the ranks of best paid Baltimore employees

Oct 1, 2019

DPW won’t come clean on Leakin Park fish kill