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He was charged with illegal voting. Why does he run Baltimore’s elections?
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.
Appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on ‘excessively dangerous’ assault weapons
The entire court heard oral arguments in the case in March, with the circuit ruling 10-5 in favor of upholding the ban.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals hears federal cases from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Council members, unions demand new safety measures after sanitation worker’s death
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.
A trailer sits behind a fence covered in vies, with an old, painted brick building in the background.
Fired health commissioner may have violated Baltimore’s ethics laws
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. Ihuoma Emenuga during her swearing-In ceremony for health commissioner at City Hall in March.
Fired Baltimore health commissioner under criminal investigation
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.
Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga after being sworn in as health commissioner by Mayor Brandon Scott at Baltimore City Hall, March 20, 2024.
Baltimore health commissioner fired after 7 months on the job
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.
Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga after being sworn in as Health Commissioner by Mayor Brandon Scott at Baltimore City Hall on March 20, 2024.
Locked up toilet paper and no AC: OIG slams conditions at Baltimore facilities
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.
The seal of the City of Baltimore.
Group seeking to cut Baltimore property taxes hires David Smith’s attorneys
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.
Renew Baltimore has enlisted a new slate of attorneys, those with another high-profile client who seeks to remake the city: Sinclair Broadcast Group executive and Baltimore Sun owner David Smith.
Baltimore leaders pass on chance to negate ballot measure on City Council size
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.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Maryland Democrats say Harris should succeed Biden as presidential nominee
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.
Angela Alsobrooks (left), Maryland’s Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is endorsed by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at a gun violence prevention event at the Kentland Community Center on June 7, 2024.
Key Bridge collapse means Maryland will likely raise bridge, tunnel tolls in 2027
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.
The Baltimore skyline is seen behind wreckage from the Key Bridge collapse on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Renew Baltimore files challenge to keep city property tax cut on ballot
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.
Baltimore City Hall.
Cardin, Van Hollen continue push for full funding of Key Bridge replacement
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.
A man speaks into a podium microphone outside and the remains of a bridge are seen in the background.
The Bible that caught a bullet in Brooklyn Day shooting
Charlene Bowie’s Bible has a bullet lodged in Jeremiah, right between chapters 29 and 30.
A bullet fired in the Brooklyn Day shooting went through Charlene Bowie’s upstairs window and grazed her granddaughter’s back. She later found it in her Bible.
A year after Brooklyn mass shooting, residents see progress: ‘It’s quiet now, but that’s right now’
The neighborhood is divided over whether Brooklyn Day is worth celebrating this year.
It's been nearly one year since 30 people were shot — two fatally — during an annual Brooklyn Day block party at Brooklyn Homes.
Supreme Court strikes down federal bump stock ban; Maryland ban still in place
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.
A bump stock is installed on an AK-47 at Good Guys Gun and Range on February 21, 2018 in Orem, Utah. The bump stock is a device when installed allows a semi-automatic to fire at a rapid rate much like a fully automatic gun. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
Gun violence is falling across the country. How does Baltimore compare?
According to a new report from the Center for American Progress, Baltimore’s drop in gun violence through the first half of May this year ranks second among the 50 largest U.S. cities when compared to the same period in 2023.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and a team of crime analysts from the University of Pennsylvania present findings from a new anti-violence report at a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The report shows the impact of the city’s group violence reduction strategy throughout a 2022 pilot program run in the Western District of Baltimore.
How significant is Baltimore’s drop in gun violence? Ask the White House.
So stark is the continued decrease in homicides — Baltimore is down nearly 50% compared to the same period two years ago — that even the White House has taken notice.
A White House official at an event in Park Heights said Baltimore’s reduction in gun violence is the greatest success story in the nation. But progress can still be made, evidenced by a triple shooting that took place a few blocks away during the event.
How a rental car helped Baltimore Police make an arrest in teen’s shooting death
A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
The many objections of David Smith
An attorney for the Sinclair chairman and Baltimore Sun owner objected to 64 questions in a recent deposition as part of a lawsuit Smith is funding against city schools.
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith testifies before the Legislature’s Joint Government Oversight Committee meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Doug Wells)
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