In Baltimore, annual salary increases for elected officials are a foregone conclusion, a gift from city lawmakers past.

The spending plan, which must still be approved by the City Council, is about $3 million larger than the current fiscal year, which began July 1.

In Baltimore, a no-nonsense city where residents say they value authenticity, Mayor Brandon Scott said his social media usage is “an extension of who I am.”

At Baltimore Center Stage, Scott gave the speech in the style of a theater performance, navigating the stage in front of stylized images of Baltimore and oversized text.

The move comes amid a legal dispute between Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming and Mayor Brandon Scott over access to city materials.

A Baltimore official threatend to harm coworkers on Microsoft Teams, violating city policy, an inspector general report says.

Last year the Army Corps of Engineers sent Baltimore a cease and desist order, accusing the city of violating the provisions of its lease with the work.

The urgent push on the legislation — the council took all three necessary votes Monday — comes in the midst of a growing federal deportation campaign.

A Baltimore developer was at the center of a charged conflict over the future of a dump in the Remington neighborhood, a controversy that has gotten him thinking bigger about the future of the beloved and beleaguered Jones Falls stream.

The contract with McAfee Election Services is unusual among election boards across Maryland. Most manage their election warehouses and vote-counting operations with their own employees.

An investigation by Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming of an anti-crime program found several fraudulent invoices and evidence that a city employee improperly shared sensitive data.

The Baltimore City Council did not, however, have enough members present Tuesday to vote the legislation out of committee.

The trips to Egypt, China and Japan come as the Baltimore Enoch Pratt library’s budget has otherwise been pinched.

MCB paid the city $1 for the arrangement, which calls for Baltimore City to receive 6% of gross revenues, estimated to be $1 million over the life of the lease.

To finance the improvements, the city will renegotiate deals with the utility companies that use the system.

According to Baltimore Department of Finance projections, the loss of all that garbage will yield about $4 million less than what budget writers had anticipated.

“There are things you can only do in person,” Bruce Bereano said. “You can’t do it any other way.”

Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration recently took several steps to limit her access to city records.

The Baltimore City Liquor License Board walked back changes that eliminated most evening inspections after lawmakers expressed concern in a letter this month.

The changes “would certainly have a detrimental impact on our constituents and communities,” the lawmakers wrote.