Vignarajah was one of a handful of candidates to participate in Baltimore's new public financing system for small-dollar campaigns this year, but ended his bid for mayor weeks before Election Day and endorsed Sheila Dixon.

The Maryland State Department of the Environment published a draft permit Thursday morning that would allow CSX Transportation to continue operating its coal terminal in South Baltimore.

Together, the court’s decisions about the two proposals showcased the limits of Maryland’s ballot initiative process and affirmed the sole power of legislative branches to make specific policy — a hallmark of representative democracies.

Mayor Brandon Scott laid the groundwork for the city to begin spending money, with designs on slowing the death toll in a city where in recent years an average of three people have died from overdoses every day.

Warren M. Branch, a former city inspector who represented East Baltimore on City Council from 2007 to 2016, died last week at age 63.

Mayor Scott's plan to expand benefits for police and firefighters comes as a hole in the pension fund has widened, falling $1.2 billion short of what’s needed to meet the needs of its future retirees.

Ohio-based pharmaceutical company Cardinal Health has been the third-largest distributor of opioids in Baltimore, according to the mayor’s office

Dr. Joshua Sharfstein and Michelle Spencer, both with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will advise the Scott administration in a part-time capacity, effective immediately, while retaining their roles at the university.

The hearing, scheduled for Aug. 22, comes as the Department of Public Works is facing new scrutiny over the conditions of its workplace.

After a Baltimore sanitation worker died on the job from overheating 10 days ago, his family spoke publicly for the first time Monday.

Backers of the Renew Baltimore measure said they plan to appeal the ruling to the Maryland high court.

The settlement brings the city’s total recoveries to $90 million.

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has opted to remain silent on the city’s response to overdose deaths as it navigates litigation with opioid makers and distributors.

What was once known as “Murder Mall” will now become headquarters for a city office, with Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration ready to award $16 million to developer and campaign supporter P. David Bramble.

So far the reception from state leaders has been lukewarm and city budget officials have also pushed back, according to emails and other communications obtained in a public records request.

City code makes clear that employees are prohibited from working for or receiving payment from organizations that have contracts with their agency, as Chase Brexton does with the health department.

Dr. Emenuga is the subject of a criminal investigation that focuses, at least in part, on work she did at a health care provider while also serving as Baltimore’s health commissioner.

Before her promotion to commissioner, Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga worked as the health department’s Youth Wellness and Community Health Division, where she oversaw clinical services in schools.

The anti-Harborplace redevelopment coalition, organized by attorney Thiru Vignarajah, faced a 4:30 deadline Monday to submit 10,000 signatures to Baltimore elections officials.

Renew Baltimore recently hired attorneys from the Thomas & Libowitz firm to sue after the city’s election board director rejected their petition to put the tax cut on the November ballot.