Cohen has not masked his ambitions for higher office, even publicly flirting with a run for mayor this year.

Victory could offer four years to reset his political career. Losing would close, at least for now, a decade-long chapter in which the Mosbys have commanded the political spotlight in Baltimore.

Incumbent Council President Mosby also amped up his spending in April while bringing in a modest $13,500.

Backers of the city’s public financing system, including the City Council member who introduced the legislation to establish the program, called on Vignarajah Thursday to return the money.

After taking heat for declining to send any of Baltimore’s windfall in federal pandemic aid to the city’s strapped fire department, Mayor Brandon Scott on Wednesday announced that he was setting $10 million aside for the agency.

Among the biggest discrepancies in an amended campaign finance report is a more than $9,000 donation from BGE's PAC that the Mosby campaign now says was only $450.

In the first cycle using Baltimore’s new Fair Election Fund, the handful of candidates who have opted to publicly finance their campaigns are finding that the approach can pay dividends.

The long-awaited move comes as violent crime has continued to recede in Baltimore following last year’s record drop in homicides — a trend Scott has credited in part to the success of his group violence reduction strategy.

The debate, hosted by WBAL-TV on a tape-delay at Morgan State University, comes as the Democratic race for City Council president has entered its most competitive stretch.

The city’s announcement came the same morning that federal authorities raided the Dali, launching a federal criminal investigation into the Key Bridge collapse.

With about a month to go before primary day, Councilman Zeke Cohen leads the incumbent Nick Mosby by just four points, according to the poll — reflecting a tighter margin now that a third candidate, Shannon Sneed, jumped into the field.

With just over a month to go before Election Day, Zeke Cohen retained a large cash advantage while public financing powered Shannon Sneed past the incumbent Nick Mosby.

The latest fundraising numbers come as mayoral campaigns are entering the final, intense weeks before next month’s Democratic primary election.

The city began fundraising for victim's families last week and has so far raised close to $500,000, Mayor Brandon Scott said Wednesday.

City leaders said The Pride Center of Maryland repeatedly failed to meet reporting requirements for the federal money.

The state money will tackle a number of projects at the facility including sprucing up the bathrooms, modernizing the phone system, upgrading lighting and renovating the “failing” bridges that span Charles Street.

With billions already earmarked, Baltimore could become a proving ground — and maybe a blueprint — for national Democrats’ infrastructure goals.

The Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs has recommended terminating a $500,000 grant to the state’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources to the LGBTQ community, Pride Center of Maryland. The grant would affect programming to address violence within the LGBTQ community.

A smaller-than-expected bill for school funding and more revenue from income and property taxes, investments, and parking tickets and fees helped the city balance its spending plan.

Expansion of the Seagirt Marine Terminal in 2013 allowed bigger ships like the Dali to load up at the Port of Baltimore, ships that vastly outflank the vessels operating when the Key Bridge was built in the 1970s.