Unions representing Baltimore City firefighters tapped Mayor Brandon Scott as their pick for City Hall’s top office.

The recent spending funds an attack ad targeted at incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott, Dixon’s chief opponent in the Democratic primary. It echoes Dixon’s campaign rhetoric.

Scott repeatedly asked attendees at Roland Park Presbyterian Church if they wanted to return to “the broken ways of the past,” while Dixon painted her opponent as an inexperienced city manager unable to deliver city services.

Cohen endorsed Bates in the 2022 Democratic primary, when he faced then-State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Thiru Vignarajah.

The bills would modify the Inner Harbor’s zoning restrictions to allow multifamily residential use, the area’s urban renewal plan and city charter to allow developer P. David Bramble’s project to break ground.

Mayor Brandon Scott, former Mayor Sheila Dixon, Thiru Vignarajah and other candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Baltimore mayor will face off in two upcoming panels.

“I am contractually obligated to declare my feelings for you,” declares a valentine from Comptroller Bill Henry.

The primary election is May 14. Early voting begins May 2 and mail ballots will be sent out by April 1.

Weekly recycling services will resume the week of March 5, Mayor Brandon Scott told The Banner.

Maryland lawmakers this week quickly defeated a bill that targeted young transgender athletes’ participation in high school sports — the third year in a row they’ve turned down similar bills.

The former mayor will advise David Rubenstein on relationships with city and state officials.

On Monday, after testimony from Nick Mosby, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky told the judge that Mosby committed perjury on his tax returns for claiming tens of thousands of dollars in charitable donations that he could not possibly afford.

Maryland lawmakers, for the fourth consecutive year, will consider a bill that would enable Baltimore’s mayor and City Council to set a higher property tax rate for vacant, blighted and abandoned properties.

A seasonal police officer and lifeguard in Ocean City, Ruppersberger continued into the courtroom as a prosecutor. Later he entered politics as a Baltimore County council member and county executive before moving to Congress.

The priorities outlined by Dixon don’t differ widely from those of Scott, whom she hopes to unseat in the Democratic primary this May, and one leading expert on Baltimore crime questioned whether the former mayor’s strategy brings anything “truly new” to the table.

Thiru Vignarajah is entering the Democratic primary for mayor, joining Mayor Brandon Scott, Sheila Dixon, Bob Wallace and others.

The large majority of the Baltimore City Council is seeking reelection, and members spent 2023 fundraising ahead of the spring primary.

Cohen banked over $520,000, while Mosby reported $200,000 and Sneed reported $169,500

Incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott raised $682,000 in the last year while challenger Sheila Dixon raised $523,000, according to campaign finance reports filed Wednesday.

In his quest for what he has described as balance, Smith and his TV stations have been accused of leaning too far to the political right and have run afoul of federal regulators.