The system controlling how Baltimore purchases hundreds of millions of dollars of goods and services each year has been riddled with problems for years.

While Hopkins officials committed to taking immediate steps to phase out their reliance on the incinerator, an environmental representative from the largest hospital systems in Maryland, MedStar Health, told the council that they believe operators of the incinerator have responded appropriately to recent violations.

The fixed-price proposal, which is expected to get a vote before Baltimore’s mayor-controlled spending board on Wednesday, would lock in low prices for a subset of city-owned vacant properties — some at just $1.

The lawsuit asserts that the incinerator repeatedly violated pollutant emissions limits and used a monitor that did not record valid data.

Khalil Zaied comes to Baltimore from Champaign, Illinois, but has previously served in top roles in Baltimore City government.

City officials attempted to block an Inner Harbor rally hosted by the far-right website Church Militant in November of 2021, but the event went forward after a federal judge sided with the group’s First Amendment lawsuit.

To become reality, the vision for Harborplace must navigate a bureaucratic maze. That could take years.

Though legislation clearing the way for MCB Real Estate's $1 billion Harborplace redevelopment was introduced before City Council in October, the body held its first and only hearing on the proposal three weeks ago and is expected to give final approval Monday night.

One building alone — 100 E. Pratt Street, known as the T. Rowe Price building — is responsible for $54 million in losses to the city’s property tax base.

A city program funded by federal pandemic aid is running far behind its stated goals, even after expectations were tamped down

Demands from the Baltimore candidate come as the city must earmark close to half of its $641 million American Rescue Plan Act spending package before the end of the year.

While the two downtown hotels will initially serve as temporary shelter for unhoused residents, leaders intend to convert the buildings into longer-term, subsidized housing units.

The contract with a Colorado-based contractor spans five years, but could be extended for up to three more, for a total cost of up to $100 million.

The deal comes nearly three years after the mayor called executing such a purchase his “top priority.”

The trio of bills advanced out of the council’s seven-member Economic and Community Development committee with just one member, Councilman Ryan Dorsey, voting in dissent.

The proposal to ban all tobacco products in Baltimore stadiums is backed by Mayor Brandon Scott and follows similar steps by most other MLB cities.

Councilman Zeke Cohen’s proposal to establish an independent redistricting commission could compete with a separate plan to reform the mapmaking process put forward by Council President Nick Mosby.

The benefits of the strategy were most profound in the first year before abating somewhat afterwards, the researchers found.

The City Council president argued Wednesday that Baltimore residents shouldn’t conflate mistakes he’s made in his personal life with his work in City Hall.

Maryland lawmakers, for the fourth consecutive year, will consider a bill that would enable Baltimore’s mayor and City Council to set a higher property tax rate for vacant, blighted and abandoned properties.