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Baltimore Del. Caylin Young resigns from city job following assault charge
Del. Caylin Young is not resigning from his elected post in the state legislature representing East and Northeast Baltimore.
State. Del. Caylin Young, a Democrat who represents East and Northeast Baltimore,  has resigned from his Baltimore City government job.
Baltimore spending board approves deal requiring union wages; opponents warn it’s illegal
The deal, known as a project labor agreement, calls for priority hiring of union labor for four projects by the city’s Department of Public Works.
Opponents of the project labor agreement between the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and the Baltimore-D.C. Metro Building Trades Council listen to testimony during Wednesday’s Board of Estimates meeting.
Columbia man wanted in death of ex-girlfriend fled to India, police say
An arrest warrant was issued for Arjun Sharma, 26, of Columbia, who was charged with first-and second-degree murder in the death of Nikitha Godishala, Howard County Police said Sunday.
Detectives with the Howard County Police Department believe Nikitha Godishala, 27, was killed on New Year's Eve.
Police investigate fatal shooting in East Baltimore
A 55-year-old man was killed in East Baltimore Saturday, the first homicide of 2026 following another year marked by a notable decline in violence in the city.
A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
Baltimore’s election warehouse has been a safety and security risk for years
With elections on tap in 2026, a replacement will have to wait until 2027.
The Baltimore City Board of Elections' warehouse on Franklintown Road serves as storage for voting equipment and voting records, despite numerous safety concerns.
Baltimore youth fund supporters pack hearing as council weighs restrictions
The Baltimore organization’s taxpayer funding has attracted scrutiny and accusations that it lacks transparency in its spending.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025 - Supporters of the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, many wearing red, pack Baltimore City Council chambers Thursday to testify against legislation that would place new restrictions on the fund.
Johns Hopkins AI center work approved despite neighbors’ objections
Members of the Baltimore spending board voted unanimously in favor of two items allowing Johns Hopkins University to proceed with more work on its planned Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute.
The corner of Remington Avenue and Wyman Park Drive on August 5, 2025. Residents have been actively protesting the tree removal that comes with JHU construction at this intersection.
Baltimore signs new Martin State heliport lease, with BPD’s Canton plans uncertain
The new lease is significantly easier for the city to break than the previous agreement as Baltimore considers relocating its helicopter fleet.
Baltimore Police helicopter Foxtrot flies low over the Penn North neighborhood looking for overdose victims following a mass overdose incident on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
What Baltimore’s housing and zoning overhaul would — and wouldn’t — do
For those who haven’t been following the legislation closely (and even some who have), here’s what you need to know about the housing package.
People gathered outside City Hall in November to speak against the Scott administration's package of zoning policy bills.
Baltimore sanitation worker wins repeat union leadership vote
The election, a private race voted on only by union members, attracted public scrutiny due to a series of social media posts from Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming.
Members of the AFSCME union hold up signs reading "staff the front lines" during an event with Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and national union President Lee Saunders outside the union building in southwest Baltimore on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
Scott and Bates rift: Allies urge both leaders to cooperate to avoid ‘severe’ fallout
“No agency is perfect, and we welcome good-faith engagement on how to improve our operations,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott wrote to Ivan Bates.
Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott chat on October 17, 2024 before sitting on a panel discussion about gun violence at the historic Clifton Mansion.
Bates to cut ties with mayor’s public safety office, citing ‘cloak of secrecy’
Ivan Bates outlined numerous complaints about the office, according to a seven-page letter sent to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Tuesday.
Mayor Brandon Scott, left, speaks to the press as Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates listens during a community walk through the Four by Four neighborhood on May 7, 2024.
City Council wants more rules on Baltimore Children and Youth Fund spending
Baltimore's BCYF leaders say the changes would limit mission-critical programs, including travel and training.
Mikhayla Harrell, facilitator from the New Orleans Youth Alliance, leads an exercise in communication.
Facing sustained resident ire, Baltimore City Council housing bill stalls
The bill is the final and most controversial piece of a package of housing bills that have crossed the finish line in recent weeks.
Councilman Ryan Dorsey at a meeting last December. Dorsey is the architect of the bill, which allows for more housing on many single-family properties and is getting resistance from residents and City Council members.
Baltimore City might be entering its YIMBY era
A suite of zoning changes is garnering steam in Baltimore City Council, despite impassioned pushback.
A block of rowhomes in the process of being renovated in the 300 block of N. Gilmor Ave in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, May 9, 2025.
Reginald Scriber Sr., ‘fixer’ to Baltimore’s mayors, dies at 80
Scriber, a 51-year veteran of Baltimore government who got his start in housing and carved a reputation as an infamous city fixer, died last month at age 80.
Reginald Scriber Sr.
Anthony Barksdale, deputy mayor and former deputy Baltimore Police commissioner, dies
Anthony Barksdale, Baltimore’s deputy mayor for public safety and a former deputy police commissioner, died Thursday. He was 53.
Anthony Barksdale, a former acting Baltimore police commissioner (who directed operations for the Police Department from 2007 to 2012) and often vocal critic of the Baltimore Police Department, has been named deputy mayor for public safety, Mayor Brandon Scott announced Friday 7/8/2022.
BGE owed Baltimore $670,000, but its repayment plan would have taken 195 years
Baltimore Gas and Electric has agreed to repay Baltimore City $670,000 after it was discovered the city was overcharged on numerous utility accounts.
The exterior of Baltimore Gas & Electric’s downtown headquarters in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
Is Remington’s dump a neighborhood asset, or someone else’s burden?
“Don’t put a dump next to a stream for God’s sake,” one resident said.
Exterior of the Sisson Street Residential Recycling Center in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
Union panel rules Baltimore IG interfered in election, orders new vote
Isabel Mercedes Cumming's social media posts constituted “an act of interference” and an endorsement, regardless of the intent behind them, the union panel ruled.
Members of the AFSCME union hold up signs reading "staff the front lines" during an event with Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and national union President Lee Saunders outside the union building in southwest Baltimore on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
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