The latest from Lee O. Sanderlin
Cohen, councilmembers take BGE rate fight to city streets
The fight against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s planned rate increases escalated Thursday as a contingent of city leaders took to the streets to rally residents against the energy giant’s proposal.
DPW worker had heat illness for days before dying on job last summer, OIG says
Ronald Silver II called out sick the day before he died during his trash collection shift because of heat-related illness.
Sarah David wants to change the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office
Currently the deputy Maryland state prosecutor, Sarah David will announce her candidacy for state’s attorney Wednesday.
One of downtown Baltimore’s biggest landlords hit with foreclosure
A lender is foreclosing on a downtown apartment building owned by one Baltimore’s most successful developers of office-to-residential conversions.
Baltimore sanitation workers push for pay raises as city examines working conditions
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works director acknowledged, ‘We’re not where we need to be, but we’re going to get there.‘
It’s not sexy, but fixing Baltimore’s permits process could solve a lot of problems
Charm City has enough problems to overcome, and self-inflicted ones like poor permitting only make it more difficult.
A coalition is trying to get Baltimore’s biggest nonprofits to pay the city more
Advocates are backing a City Council bill that would create a task force to help renegotiate Baltimore's PILOT with nonprofits.
Baltimore City Council is ready to talk about kids’ struggles to get to school
A Thursday hearing will be the first time public officials discuss transit’s impact on students since a Banner investigation found it’s nearly impossible for them to get to school on time every day.
Crab cake summit: Mayor, Conway look to ‘reset’ after dinner at Koco’s
The mayor and a councilmember have been arguing over the city’s opioid policy for months. Eleven ounces of jumbo lump helped straighten things out.
New IG report shows improving conditions at Baltimore DPW
Conditions at the much beleaguered solid waste division of the Baltimore Department of Public Works are beginning to improve after myriad problems were brought to light last summer.
Baltimore to start 24-hour parking enforcement
A 24-hour schedule will help officers get to more “hot spots” where enforcement doesn’t always happen but where the department knows offenses are happening, city officials said.
City administrator creating new deputy mayor job to improve city services
By hiring a deputy mayor of operations to oversee DOT and DPW, it is expected those agencies will be more closely watched and will operate with more efficiency.
Baltimore Dems tap Sean Stinnett, spouse of local party chair, for open delegate seat
Sean Stinnett, a community leader who is married to the chair of Baltimore’s Democratic Party, has been nominated for an open seat in the House of Delegates.
Baltimore City Council again calls off opioid hearing under pressure from mayor
The only member of council who can cancel another’s hearing, City Council President Zeke Cohen had avoided wading into the back and forth. Until now.
3 members of violent, cultlike Zizian group arrested in Western Maryland
Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, the apparent leader of the Zizians, a cult-like group tied to at least six deaths, was arrested Sunday evening in western Maryland.
Mark Conway wants to talk about opioids. Should he?
The councilman says he just wants to save lives. The mayor’s office says he’s an attention seeker playing political games.
Baltimore City Council to investigate BGE rate increases
Residents in Baltimore and around Maryland have been outraged for weeks over high BGE bills, especially for natural gas.
Shooting inside East Baltimore courthouse under investigation
Police Commissioner Richard Worley, at a news conference late Friday morning, said the 35-year-old man was in critical condition.
Want to park illegally in Baltimore? You probably won’t get a ticket
In 2024, transportation officers wrote almost one-third fewer parking tickets than what they wrote two years prior, according to enforcement data.
Confusion, anger as Maryland officials, nonprofits grapple with funding freeze
State officials and nonprofit leaders reported they were locked out of federal systems used to draw down federal funds for Medicaid reimbursements and financing basic needs for low-earning Marylanders.