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A fight over $1.5M could cause Baltimore to break-up with BOPA
BOPA says the money was meant for the organization; the mayor’s office said it was a restricted grant that was always meant for the city.
Temperatures in the 90s didn't deter crowds at ArtScape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out the festival's scheduled concerts on Friday night.
Baltimore could give birth control to rats, but there’s one big catch
The typical female brown rat has about five litters a year, with up to 12 “pups” a litter.
This rat doesn’t live in Baltimore, but city officials are considering birth control for its relatives.
What’s next for the Key Bridge: Rebuilding, lawsuits, investigations
What we know six months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — and what will surface in the years to come.
A structural pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge remains in the Patapsco River six months after the container ship Dali lost power and hit a pier causing a catastrophic collapse.
Power hungry: The restaurants that fuel Baltimore politics
How campaign finance records reveal the palates of Baltimore’s politicos.
Perhaps the City Council’s biggest advocate for Baltimore restaurants, Zeke Cohen often feeds his volunteers from DiPasquale’s deli.
State election board seeks to count Harborplace votes while appeal waits
Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis wrote on social media that his agency made the request in an effort to prevent “potential disenfranchisement” or “undervoting” while an appeal is ongoing.
The Baltimore skyline is seen above the Harborplace pavilions and the Inner Harbor.
Broke BOPA wants a $1.8M bailout. The mayor wants a forensic audit first.
At the same time the city’s top arts organization was struggling to make payroll, its CEO went ahead with plans for Artscape, BOPA’s premier event, without consulting anyone.
Festival goers at ArtScape headed for cover Friday night after a thunderstorm blew through Baltimore. The weather forced the cancellation of musical acts, including Grammy winner Chaka Khan.
BOPA runs out of money, calls ‘emergency’ board meeting
Troubled Artscape host plans to vote on ‘personnel and business location’ Thursday
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Dali ‘jury-rigged’ and unseaworthy when it slammed into Key Bridge, feds say
The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.
The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
Election board will appeal Harborplace ballot ruling to state Supreme Court
With the election less than two months away, it’s expected the state Supreme Court will decide whether to take up the case and rule expeditiously.
The Baltimore skyline is seen above the Harborplace pavilions and the Inner Harbor.
Judge blocks ballot question to allow Inner Harbor redevelopment
An Anne Arundel County judge ruled Monday to invalidate a ballot question asking Baltimore City voters to rezone the Inner Harbor for development on the grounds that it’s not proper charter material.
A state judge has ruled against a November ballot question allowing for this proposed redevelopment of Harborplace.
In a late-night post, Mayor Brandon Scott says he and his wife are expecting second child
In a late-night Instagram post, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announces his family is expecting a second child.
Mayor Brandon Scott and his wife pose side-by-side while on vacation.
Baltimore’s opioid case could head to court next week. Here’s how we got here.
On Monday, Baltimore will begin a much-anticipated trial against drug companies to assign blame for the city’s opioid overdose death crisis.
In the last six years, nearly 6,000 people have died in Baltimore from opioid overdoses — the worst drug crisis ever seen in an American city.
Gas-powered leaf blowers of Baltimore, your days are numbered
“Gas-powered leaf blowers are effectively pollution generation machines,” said Councilman Ryan Dorsey.
Baltimore is poised to ban noisy, polluting gas-powered leaf blowers, with offenders subject to fines.
In quest to shrink Baltimore City Council, it’s David Smith, not politics, on the ballot
Not only are ballot measure efforts relatively cheap compared to electoral politics, they’re effective. Baltimore City voters rarely reject charter amendments.
Baltimore gets $80M from Walgreens in latest opioid win
Pharmacy giant Walgreens will pay Baltimore $80 million to settle a lawsuit the city brought against it and other drug companies as part of an overdose epidemic that’s plagued the city for years, Mayor Brandon Scott’s office said Tuesday.
Mayor Brandon Scott at a press conference in Baltimore City Hall's rotunda on Aug. 29 laid out his plans for managing the money won from pharmaceutical companies as part of ongoing opioid litigation.
Baltimore gets $80M in latest win against opioid manufacturers
Baltimore has won $322.5 million in settlement monies from opioid manufacturers and distributors, which the city plans to use to address the overdose rate.
Mayor Brandon Scott at a press conference in Baltimore City Hall’s rotunda on Aug. 29 laid out his plans for managing the money won from pharmaceutical companies as part of ongoing opioid litigation.
Baltimore will get at least $7.5M in settlement with e-cigarette maker JUUL
Baltimore City sued Juul Labs in 2020, accusing the company of deceptive marketing campaigns aimed at children and teens by offering flavored vaping pens without disclosing their high nicotine content.
Juul packages are seen on a shelf in New York City in 2022. The company will pay Baltimore at least $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit.
Baltimore property tax cut, ‘Baby Bonus’ barred from November ballot
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.
The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis hosts the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals. A state constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2022 would rename the courts to the Appeals Court of Maryland and the Supreme Court of Maryland.
Flush with cash from opioid settlements, Scott reveals Baltimore’s overdose playbook
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.
Mayor Brandon Scott at a press conference in Baltimore City Hall's rotunda on Aug. 29 laid out his plans for managing the money won from pharmaceutical companies as part of ongoing opioid litigation.
Baltimore City Council sounds off on DPW after worker’s heat-related death
The Department of Public Works is scheduled to discuss working conditions at a City Council oversight hearing Thursday night following the death of a solid waste worker.
Baltimore City Councilman Antonio Glover in August 2023. Glover has led the criticism of the Department of Public Works following a worker heat-related death earlier this month.
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