City Council president is on the Board of Estimates, which approves city spending and contracts, and is next in succession if the mayor were to leave office.
Councilwoman Odette Ramos championed legislation to establish a “land bank,” but she pulled back the legislation when it came time for the city council to vote.
Underground fires have broken out three times in a stretch of Baltimore’s North Charles Street, raising questions about safety and the cause of the subterranean blazes.
Maryland’s newly published and adopted heat standard, which goes into effect Monday, requires all workers to have access to water, shade and rest breaks when temperatures exceed 80 degrees.