Local government

One of the six officers charged after the death of Freddie Gray in 2015 has been promoted to oversee the Public Integrity Bureau of the Baltimore Police Department.

Baltimore is well-suited to help solve what Gov. Wes Moore has called a housing crisis in Maryland, says Annie Milli, executive director of Live Baltimore.

The Anne Arundel County Council narrowly voted to change its rules governing staff supervision, making the whole council a collective boss with the power to hire and fire. The change didn’t sit well with some council members.

The benefits of the strategy were most profound in the first year before abating somewhat afterwards, the researchers found.

Officer Eric Payton, 46, of Parkville, stole an envelope containing more than $100 from Soy Transportation Inc. on Belair Road near Southern Avenue in Northeast Baltimore on Sept. 20, 2023.

The City Council president argued Wednesday that Baltimore residents shouldn’t conflate mistakes he’s made in his personal life with his work in City Hall.

The bill comes in response to the death of Pava LaPere, 26, who was killed in September

The change comes after a Baltimore Banner investigation revealed that DHS was shortchanging welfare theft victims for months, violating state law.

Weekly recycling services will resume the week of March 5, Mayor Brandon Scott told The Banner.

Rachel D. Graham will succeed Donna Drew Sawyer, who resigned from the position as CEO of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, or BOPA, last January.

The Baltimore Orioles sale to David Rubenstein holds promise for the direction of the team, but the city should consider what lies ahead in future stadium lease negotiations, two Orioles fans and taxpayer advocates say.

After Erica Griswold became Anne Arundel County’s first Black register of wills, she was hailed as a hero. Now she faces theft and other charges related to allegations that she cashed a $6,645 check that was made out to her but was intended for her office to cover inheritance taxes.

Frederick County anticipates that more than 180 vehicles in its fleet can be electric by 2036.

Baltimore can use investment and a variety of other tools to help ease the city’s vacant housing crisis, City Councilwoman Odette Ramos says.

Maryland lawmakers this week quickly defeated a bill that targeted young transgender athletes’ participation in high school sports — the third year in a row they’ve turned down similar bills.

MCB Real Estate has purchased three multi-family buildings in the county and will keep about half the units at reduced rates.

The former mayor will advise David Rubenstein on relationships with city and state officials.

Four Anne Arundel County Board of Education members are seeking reelection in 2024, while three other incumbents are not.

As funding dries up, more than 200 formerly homeless Baltimoreans could lose the support of a program helping them stay under a roof and out of the hospital.

On Monday, after testimony from Nick Mosby, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky told the judge that Mosby committed perjury on his tax returns for claiming tens of thousands of dollars in charitable donations that he could not possibly afford.