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Banner political notes: Mayor’s spokesman shifted to DPW, Hogan doesn’t like Cox’s chances
Ariana Williams is a participant in Baltimore’s guranteed income pilot program, which pays 200 young parents $1,000 per month in no-strings-attached financial support.
Young Baltimore parents feel immediate effects from guaranteed income
Baltimore's experiment in universal basic income is two months in, and initial payments have meant newfound stability for at least some participants.
Comptroller Bill Henry, left, and Council President Nick Mosby listen during a Baltimore City Board of Estimates meeting inside City Hall on 10/5/22.
Baltimore approves $1 million extension for consultant contract despite cost concerns
The extension more than doubles the city’s payments to the consulting firm, which was brought in to assist in managing and monitoring a broad slate of Scott administration goals.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Baltimore City Council approves police redistricting plan, finalizing first realignment in over 60 years
The new map has drawn scrutiny over its implications for community policing, but official's say the revised districts will help to balance the law enforcement workload.
Lumber, HVAC, screws, and steel under broken chain
Inflation, supply chain crunch put pressure on Baltimore to beat federal pandemic aid deadlines
High inflation, labor shortages and a persistent supply chain crunch could stress Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s plans to use federal pandemic aid to make infrastructure improvements.
Baltimore Department of Public Works employees hand out water in Harlem Park after the city issued a boil advisory. Baltimore’s public works department first noted E. coli and coliform through routine testing on Friday.
Aging water infrastructure at the root of Baltimore E. coli contamination, city officials say
A combination of three factors stemming from old water infrastructure compromised the safety of the city’s system ahead of the recent contamination.
Large house sheltering one family on left, multiple families and individuals on right
Proposed zoning code overhaul would end single-family zoning in Baltimore
A new proposal before the Baltimore City Council could dramatically rewrite the city’s building regulations, banning single-family zoning policies that advocates argue have driven housing scarcity and more than a century of segregation.
Maryland, Baltimore City, Baltimore County politics
Banner political notes: Portrait time; Moore money for other candidates; Money for nothing, but these towns said no
While nearly every local government in Maryland took federal COVID relief money, three tiny towns chose not to.
DPW Director Jason Mitchell speaks at a press conference out front of the Office of Emergency Management addressing the concerns about the e.coli outbreak in West Baltimore.
Under fire from ‘disgusted’ council, Baltimore public works officials concede missteps in E. coli water response
The city's top public works official told council members that there were many "lessons learned" in last week's response to bacteria contamination in the Baltimore water system.
Charles Jackson of DPW guides residents to the water line where each resident received several gallons of water. Baltimore officials are advising residents of the Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park neighborhoods to boil their water before drinking it. E.coli was detected in samples taken from three addresses.
E. coli contamination highlights challenges in updating Baltimore’s aging water system
With an average age of 75 years, Baltimore’s old water pipes have become increasingly vulnerable to the kinds of contamination that occurred last week.
Bryson Mason, 3, does his part to help distribute water. Maryland Candidate for Governor Dan Cox stops in West Baltimore to distribute water to the communities affected by the E.coli scare. He was assisted by Maryland House of Delegrates candidate Zuleika Baysmore, District 40.
Is Baltimore’s water safe to drink? Here’s the latest on what residents need to know
The area covered by a boil-water advisory has been reduced, but city officials still haven’t determined what caused the E. coli contamination.
DPW Director Jason Mitchell speaks at a press conference out front of the Office of Emergency Management addressing the concerns about the e.coli outbreak in West Baltimore.
Officials reduce boundaries of boil-water advisory and announce plan to discount water bills citywide by 25%
City still working to identify source of the contamination.
Baltimore Department of Public Works employees hand out water in Harlem Park after the city issued a boil advisory. Baltimore’s public works department first noted E. coli and coliform through routine testing on Friday.
Baltimore City officials awaiting updated test results as thousands remain under boil water advisory
Much of West Baltimore is under a boil water advisory Tuesday, and city officials are limiting residents top three gallons of bottled water per household.
6/16/22—Signs reading “Baltimore County Maryland” and “Baltimore County Council” hang on the wall inside the historic Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, the center of county government.
Maryland cities, counties balance immediate need and longterm impact in federal stimulus plans
More than $2 billion in American Rescue Plan money has arrived for local governments around the state since last spring.
The State Center office complex in Baltimore has long been slated for redevelopment.
Gov. Hogan wants to turn over State Center complex to Baltimore City
State Center’s future has been in limbo since 2016 when the state canceled a $1.5 billion contract to redevelop the site.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall.
Suspended Baltimore deputy mayor resigns from city economic development post
Ted Carter, Baltimore’s ranking official for economic development, is no longer employed by the city, according to two sources close to City Hall.
Three columns with COVID virus, Brandon Scott, and hands planting seedling
Baltimore’s pandemic aid money could be ‘life-changing.’ How will the city measure the success of its spending?
Baltimore is seeking to develop its own rubric for evaluating the success of its stimulus spending, partnering with researchers at Morgan State University and the University of Baltimore to aid and advise in the process.
Baltimore City Hall sits between neighborhoods and grant money
City delays leave Baltimore nonprofits waiting up to two years for needed funds
It’s a delay that advocates for Baltimore nonprofits say can hobble organizations, especially those with shoestring staffs, who rely on the federal grant funding to meet basic needs such as paying employees and providing them with health care benefits.
Vacant houses in the Black butterfly and construction in the white L of Baltimore
Baltimore tax credit system is ‘highly inequitable,’ city budget office report says
The report found that tax credits are being applied not only inequitably, but inefficiently, providing overly generous breaks.
Chief Recovery Officer Shamiah Kerney chats with fund awardees after the presentation.
Baltimore ARPA official responds to criticisms that city’s pandemic stimulus is moving too slow
While Baltimore ranks in the bottom half of large municipalities in both the amount of stimulus money obligated and spent, according to a city analysis, it outpaces a group of "peer" cities.
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