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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon.
Scott retains cash edge over Dixon, Vignarajah in latest mayor’s race fundraising
The latest fundraising numbers come as mayoral campaigns are entering the final, intense weeks before next month’s Democratic primary election.
Construction workers honored the Key Bridge victims during a press conference on March 28, 2024 at CASA’s Baltimore worker center. They held white lilies and raised their hands in solidarity.
Baltimore approves port worker relief money, fundraising for Key Bridge victims
The city began fundraising for victim's families last week and has so far raised close to $500,000, Mayor Brandon Scott said Wednesday.
Ucu Agustimi, center with fan, at the Baltimore Pride Parade in June.
Baltimore ends $500K grant with Pride Center of Maryland over reporting issues
City leaders said The Pride Center of Maryland repeatedly failed to meet reporting requirements for the federal money.
The Baltimore Convention Center on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.
Maryland to spend $25.7M on Baltimore Convention Center renovation
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.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at a news conference in Dundalk after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
A collapsed bridge, a new Amtrak tunnel, the Red Line: Baltimore is an infrastructure epicenter
With billions already earmarked, Baltimore could become a proving ground — and maybe a blueprint — for national Democrats’ infrastructure goals.
6/7/22—Cleo Manago, director of the Pride Center of Maryland, sits for a portrait outside of the Pride Center’s new location.
City seeks to cancel $500K Pride Center of Maryland grant over reporting issues
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.
Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2024 State of the City address at Baltimore Center Stage on March 25, 2024.
Mayor’s proposed budget avoids service cuts after warnings of $100M shortfall
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.
A portion of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was struck by a large container ship early Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024, sending several vehicles and people into the frigid water below.
How giant cargo ships transformed the Port of Baltimore — and raised new risks
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.
The cargo ship, Dali, docked in Baltimore, MD on 3/25/2024
Baltimore needs the supply chain more than the supply chain needs Baltimore
The supply chain is pivoting — and doing it fast.
Poor visibility of the view of the Dali from Riviera Beach on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Recovery efforts may be slowed because of the weather.
Did state’s warning make it to construction crew on Key Bridge?
MDTA officers were able to stop traffic. But why were eight workers still on the bridge when it collapsed?
The Francis Scott Key bridge collapsed on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, after being struck by a ship overnight.
‘The whole bridge just fell down.’ The final minutes before the Key Bridge collapsed
Video, police and fire dispatch audio, ship location data and statements from officials capture the minutes leading up to one of the largest infrastructure disasters in Maryland’s history.
Illustration shows people searching through maze of shelves filled with products, with city skyline in the background.
Baltimore stinks at buying things. Can city officials make it any better?
The system controlling how Baltimore purchases hundreds of millions of dollars of goods and services each year has been riddled with problems for years.
The exterior of Curtis Bay Energy on Tuesday, October 17.
MedStar, JHU disagree on use of South Baltimore medical waste incinerator
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.
7/12/22—Vacant homes sit along W. North Ave.
Baltimore wants to sell $1 vacants. Don’t expect the ’70s Dollar House program.
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 Maryland Department of the Environment on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Curtis Bay Energy, which runs a medical waste incinerator in Hawkins Point, allegingcontinued environmental violations. The state is asking a judge to order the company to make necessary repairs and impose fines of up to $25,000 per violation.
State seeks more pollution fines against Baltimore medical waste incinerator
The lawsuit asserts that the incinerator repeatedly violated pollutant emissions limits and used a monitor that did not record valid data.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Baltimore to bring back City Hall veteran to lead public works agency
Khalil Zaied comes to Baltimore from Champaign, Illinois, but has previously served in top roles in Baltimore City government.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Baltimore to pay $275,000 to far-right Catholic site to settle dispute over 2021 rally
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.
MCB Real Estate renderings of a redeveloped Harborplace include a building with a rooftop park called “the sail.”
Harborplace bills just passed City Council. What’s next?
To become reality, the vision for Harborplace must navigate a bureaucratic maze. That could take years.
MCB Real Estate Co-Founder David Bramble speaks at a press conference where the company’s plans for the Harborplace development are revealed, at the Light Street pavilion on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
Harborplace plan is about to sail through City Council. Voters could face unanswered questions
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.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Declining downtown real estate values put dent in Baltimore’s tax revenues
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.
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