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Baltimore schools settle lawsuit backed by Sinclair executive David Smith
The settlement doesn’t involve the exchange of money and required Jovani Patterson, the lone remaining plaintiff, to acknowledge the school system hadn’t broken any laws or violated any rules.
Former Gov. Martin O’Malley exploring run for DNC chair
Former Maryland governor and Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley is among the names being floated to lead the Democratic National Committee after latest Trump victory.
Sources: Public Works employee died due to ‘driver error’
The driver of the garbage truck backed into the sanitation worker, pinning him against a wooden light pole, the sources said.
David Smith wanted to cut Baltimore City Council. He united it instead.
“It was kind of a gift that David Smith and the proponents of the bill gave this city,” said Zac Blanchard, who unseated a Smith-backed candidate in May.
4 things we learned from election night results in Maryland
Being popular doesn’t guarantee victory, and other lessons from Tuesdays election results.
Brandon Scott gets a second term and a chance at a legacy
Baltimore gets four more years of Scott and his progressive, if not incremental, agenda.
Baltimore rejects smaller City Council — and Sinclair’s David Smith
City officials had made a late push against Question H, warning residents that approving the measure, which sought to cut the City Council to eight members from 14, would reduce representation and mean poorer constituent services.
Who signed the petition to shrink Baltimore City Council? It’s not who you think
Critics have said the ballot measure to shrink the Baltimore City Council will disenfranchise majority-Black neighborhoods. A Banner analysis found the vast majority of signers live in those neighborhoods and are Democrats. But why did they sign?
In Maryland’s smallest county, the politics of change take center stage
High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.
Owner, operator of ship that hit Key Bridge settle with DOJ for $100 million
The owner and the manager of the container ship that caused the Key Bridge collapse, killing six bridge workers, have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department. DOJ blamed the Singapore-based companies for a “cascading series of failures.”
City still searching for cause of underground fires: ‘Can’t guarantee safety’
“We don’t have a sense of when it may happen again, we don’t have a sense of what to do differently,” Councilman Mark Conway said.
‘I finished.’ The pain and joy of the Baltimore Marathon
Willy Fink and Sara Kenefick were the winners in the Baltimore Running Festival event.
Runaway garbage truck rolls downhill, kills its driver
A 41-year-old garbage worker was outside of the garbage truck he was operating when it began to roll.
Baltimore cancels contract with BOPA after weeks of turmoil
BOPA CEO Rachel Graham said the arts council is still planning to put on a fireworks display for New Year’s Eve and to organize a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
Who’s behind those pro-Harborplace ads?
Baltimore for a New Harborplace reported receiving no donations while owing more than $100,000 to political strategy firms for “field expenses” and “media.”
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