Union leaders and former federal officials are sounding the alarm over the law firm hired by Baltimore to investigate safety practices at DPW following the death of Ronald Silver II.

The increased paving costs for water main projects means shifting funds that had been earmarked for elsewhere in Baltimore, including water system improvements.

Scott says people caught mistreating their fellow employees will be ‘held accountable.’

What was once known as “Murder Mall” will now become headquarters for a city office, with Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration ready to award $16 million to developer and campaign supporter P. David Bramble.

For more than a decade, the city has awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to a Florida company to do much of the work that falls under the Baltimore City Board of Elections’ purview.

The entire court heard oral arguments in the case in March, with the circuit ruling 10-5 in favor of upholding the ban.

The heat-related death of a Baltimore sanitation worker has prompted City Council members and city worker unions to demand more stringent safety-measure for municipal workers. The city Department of Public Works paused trash and recycling collection Tuesday to focus on heat safety training sessions.

City code makes clear that employees are prohibited from working for or receiving payment from organizations that have contracts with their agency, as Chase Brexton does with the health department.

Dr. Emenuga is the subject of a criminal investigation that focuses, at least in part, on work she did at a health care provider while also serving as Baltimore’s health commissioner.

Before her promotion to commissioner, Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga worked as the health department’s Youth Wellness and Community Health Division, where she oversaw clinical services in schools.

At one facility, on Bowley’s Lane, workers had to ask a supervisor for toilet paper every time they wished to use the bathroom — the supervisor kept it locked in a supply closet.

Renew Baltimore recently hired attorneys from the Thomas & Libowitz firm to sue after the city’s election board director rejected their petition to put the tax cut on the November ballot.

The proposal would reduce the council to eight members from 14, plus a president elected citywide. City attorneys have made clear that if two successful charter amendments are completely contradictory, both will be thrown out.

But a contingent of those who will help choose the new nominee said they want to hear more from the party about next steps before committing to a candidate.

With lost revenue because of the bridge collapse and uncertainty over whether Congress will pay the whole amount to rebuild it, the toll increase will take place a year earlier than planned, a spokesman said.

Under the Renew Baltimore amendment, the city’s property tax rate would have to decrease for seven consecutive years until it is at nearly half of its current level.

Maryland’s U.S. senators are continuing their push to have the federal government pay the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge, calling on their colleagues to pass legislation to authorize the spending.

Charlene Bowie’s Bible has a bullet lodged in Jeremiah, right between chapters 29 and 30.

The neighborhood is divided over whether Brooklyn Day is worth celebrating this year.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that enables semiautomatic rifles to fire like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.