The Crisis Response Team was created nearly a decade ago, prompted in part by the federal investigation into the city’s police department following the 2015 in-custody death of Freddie Gray.
U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin cited health and safety risks, including uncleanliness, limited medical access and overcrowding, in the facility at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
The Medfield-based business, housed inside the Union Collective complex, opened in March 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Its last day open to the public is March 15.
Creating a new, fifth bus division is the linchpin for the BMORE Bus plan, a long-term vision to expand and improve Baltimore’s bus service that has received a steady drumbeat of support from transit advocates and city politicians since its release last year.
Legionella bacteria have been detected in Baltimore’s George H. Fallon Federal Building, which houses ICE holding rooms, prompting Maryland lawmakers to raise concerns.
Dozens of fans have illegally stormed onto the field to get a closer glimpse of their hero, Lionel Messi, over his storied career. That poses a unique security challenge ahead of the 38-year-old soccer legend’s expected first-ever appearance at M&T Bank Stadium.
Starting last year, community groups like Helping Up Mission began to receive tens of millions of dollars from the city’s opioid restitution fund to combat an ongoing overdose crisis.