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A BGE truck in the Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.
BGE asks to shield memo explaining how it aims to finance controversial Baltimore conduit deal
The Maryland Office of the People’s Counsel, which has estimated the conduit deal could cost BGE ratepayers upwards of $860 million over 50 years, is calling on state regulators to publicize an internal accounting memo about the deal.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: Hogan’s new video; redistricting fallout; the ‘Ruby’ opens in East Baltimore
Former Gov. Larry Hogan channels former President Ronald Reagan at the end of a new 90-second video, saying: “I believe in peace through strength. And I believe in standing up for our allies and standing up to our enemies. We need to stand with our allies and secure peace through strength.”
Tisha Guthrie emcees the kickoff event for With Us for Us, a coalition centered around community wealth building in Baltimore City, at Plantation Park Heights Urban Garden on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.
Proposed ballot measure wants Hopkins and Baltimore’s other tax-exempt institutions to pay up
The proposed charter amendment, which would go before voters in the 2024 general election if backers collect enough signatures, takes aim at a group of large nonprofit institutions that are exempt from paying property taxes to the city.
Council President Nick Mosby, left, and Mayor Brandon Scott participate in a Baltimore City Board of Estimates meeting inside City Hall on Oct. 5, 2022.
Mayor Scott vetoes City Council’s redistricting plan, likely cementing his own map
Council President Mosby admonished the mayor for the eleventh hour veto Monday night. The evening’s council meeting represented the last chance for the body to override a veto before a statutory 60-day deadline expires Nov. 17.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Political notes: Moore to Virginia; Familiar names in 6th District; Pittman housing bill in doubt
A race for Congress in a district that stretches from the western edge of Maryland to the D.C. suburbs is shaping up with multiple contenders, including some familiar names.
Safe Streets outpost located in the Belair-Edison neighborhood on Oct. 26, 2023.
Safe Streets staffer charged, Belair-Edison operations suspended following FBI raid
Three staffers were on leave Monday from the Belair-Edison outpost following a federal law enforcement operation last week that included 15 different raids, including the Safe Streets site.
Harborplace renderings show massive residential units envisioned by the developer.
Harborplace developer pitches 900 residential units, rooftop park at Inner Harbor
MCB Real Estate wants to rezone the Inner Harbor to allow for residential development.
The FBI on Thursday raided the Belair-Edison site of the Baltimore anti-violence program Safe Streets. The site is located in the 4200 block of Belair Road.
FBI raids Safe Streets site in Baltimore’s Belair-Edison neighborhood
FBI spokeswoman says the FBI was “conducting court-authorized activity” at the location.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Baltimore wrote off $45 million in old contractor debts, inspector general report finds
Maryland law requires that lawsuits to collect a debt are filed within three years of when a debt was accrued, a provision the inspector general says finance officials cited to justify writing off those old debts, though they acknowledged the city could still pursue the money by billing the contractors.
Sheldon Goldseker shakes hands with Congressman Kweisi Mfume at Morgan State University's commencement ceremony in 2017.
Baltimore philanthropist and businessman Sheldon Goldseker remembered as honest, humble
Under Sheldon Goldseker’s stewardship, his family's foundation donated over $130 million to more than 600 nonprofits and other institutions in the Baltimore area.
Baltimore City Fire Department and ATF officials examine multiple burned rowhomes in the 5200 block of Linden Heights Ave. on Friday, October 20, 2023. The fatal fire the previous night took the lives of two firefighters and injured multiple others.
Firefighter injured in deadly Northwest Baltimore rowhome blaze may face long hospital stay
A GoFundMe campaign started in support of Lt. Dillon Rinaldo had raised $47,000 towards a $100,000 goal as of Sunday morning.
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, center, conducts a budget hearing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The Baltimore City Council unanimously voted to shift about $12 million within Mayor Brandon Scott’s 2024 budget proposal on Wednesday, marking the first time in more than a century that council members used such financial authority.
City Council approves Baltimore redistricting map, countering mayor’s proposal
Council President Nick Mosby has moved rapidly this week to finalize and approve an alternative map. But Mayor Brandon Scott could ensure his own version goes into effect by waiting until the end of a statutory 60-day window to veto, or by taking no action at all.
Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins were freed after they were proven innocent.
Baltimore board approves $48 million settlement for ‘Harlem Park Three’ wrongful conviction
Collectively, the Harlem Park Three served 108 years in prison for the crime — “the longest combined wrongful conviction term in American history,” according to their attorneys, who have argued that the Baltimore Police Department detectives who put their clients behind bars decades ago fabricated evidence in order to get a conviction.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown addresses reporters at a press conference outside of Curtis Bay Energy on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Brown is flanked by Elise Chawaga from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.
South Baltimore’s medical waste incinerator pays $1.75M fine to settle AG investigation
State investigators found the Hawkins Point facility’s former operator routinely violated state environmental law by knowingly disposing of partially burned and “uncooked” biohazardous materials.
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, center, conducts a budget hearing on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
Mosby unveils redistricting alternative, but mayor objects to planned vote this week
Mosby aims to hold a public input session on his proposal Wednesday evening before moving rapidly to vote the map through committee Thursday afternoon and take a vote for final passage at a special meeting that night. The mayor’s office pushed back on that quick turnaround, which it called “troubling,” extending a dispute between the two sides over the timeline of this year’s redistricting process.
Photo collage showing two Curtis Bay residents with crossed arms speaking at community meeting, section of design for new recreation center, and coal silos towering above piles of coal.
How a 73-year-old rec center became South Baltimore’s latest environmental battle line
The city is planning to replace Curtis Bay’s current recreational center with a new facility, raising concerns among some residents.
Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins were freed after they were proved innocent.
Baltimore spending board asked to approve $48M payout for wrongful convictions in 1983 murder
The extraordinary payout in the case of the so-called “Harlem Park Three” is likely tens of millions of dollars larger than any of its kind in recent years.
The Baltimore Banner sits down with Mayor Brandon Scott, former police commissioner Michael Harrison, and acting police commissioner Richard Worley for an interview discussing Harrison’s departure at City Hall on July 12, 2023
Expansion of Baltimore’s promising anti-gun violence strategy behind schedule but advancing
Baltimore's revived attempt at a focused deterrence model has shown promise – coinciding with a 33% reduction in shootings during a pilot run in the Western District – but also cracks at points during the city's aggressive expansion push.
Man speaks into a mic.
Former Baltimore public works Director Mitchell brought back as contractor
Jason Mitchell resigned from the Department of Public Works earlier this year following a tumultuous tenure marked by and E. coli scare, a state takeover of a city wastewater plant, and curtailed recycling services.
A press conference takes place at the scene of a shooting at Morgan State University on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.
Morgan State cancels, postpones homecoming events after campus shooting
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a Wednesday morning press conference that the shooting likely stemmed from a dispute between “two smaller groups.”
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