This recent wave of collective bargaining has been catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing wealth gap, according to workers, labor organizers and experts.
The Baltimore County prosecutors’ office and police department have agreed to settle a 2018 lawsuit over allegations they violated the First Amendment rights of a woman they tried to stop from filing criminal charges against the men she said sexually assaulted her.
Introduced by Democratic Councilwoman Cathy Bevins, the controversial bill would enable waterfront developers to build “up to the edge of the water" without mitigation requirements.
The unionization vote followed a months-long organizing effort by staff members at the Hampden grocery store, who said they were fighting for higher wages and more paid time off .
While questionable planning and traffic jams left many attendees of the recent Asia Collective Night Market in Howard County dissatisfied, there's no shortage of Asian restaurants, eateries and hot spots in the Baltimore area.
Many who planned to go say the event was disorganized and vastly oversold. Traffic backed up for miles on Interstate 70 and other roads and caused some ticket holders to give up.
The National Park Service is conducting a study on the President Street Station that includes a 45-day public comment period that started Aug. 15 and ends Sept. 30.
The planned destruction will remove the last remaining structures at the defunct Charles P. Crane Generating Station, and comes as Baltimore County planners are weighing a request by property owner Forsite Development Inc. to extend public water lines to the property.