BOPA votes to oust CEO as arts group faces financial peril
Graham’s departure is “effective immediately,” BOPA interim Chair and CEO Robyn Murphy said at the close of a special meeting Wednesday. Murphy was temporarily appointed to both roles while the board searches for new leadership.
The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts has removed CEO Rachel Graham after just seven months on the job.
Baltimore County school leaders anticipating difficult budget season
Baltimore County Superintendent Myriam Rogers said in a press conference Tuesday that the district is refining their initial plans for the 2025-2026 budget as the state faces heavy constraints.
Hampton Elementary School entryway. 03/19/2024. Timonium, MD.
Why was Baltimore’s MONSE using fake names for its Safe Streets contracts?
Baltimore’s flagship violence prevention program, Safe Streets, used 26 potentially “fictitious names” on various contracts submitted to the city’s spending board.
An attendant of an event commemorating a year without homicides wars a Safe Streets jacket, in front of the Safe Streets Penn North site managed by Catholic Charities, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Why the city says work to restore a Northeast Baltimore stream went $14M over budget
The work on Chinquapin Run, a tributary of Northeast Baltimore’s Herring Run, is required under a long-standing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate that the city address backups and overflows.
Water flows through Chinquapin Run in north Baltimore near Woodbourne Avenue and The Alameda a few years after a stream restoration and stabilization project was completed.
Letter: Proud to be a Marylander, despite election results
Frances Murphy Draper, president and CEO of AFRO American Newspapers, says she’s proud to be a Marylander despite the results of the 2024 election.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: Mary Clement sits alone after Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the election during a speech at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.
Trump chooses TV’s Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans.
Mehmet Oz speaks into a microphone while gesturing with his left hand. Oz is wearing a dark suit and is in front of an American flag.
Maryland to pay $190K for consultants to help with Trump response
The consulting firm Accenture will research Trump’s proposed agenda and how it will affect the state’s priorities and programs.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore outlines a plan for the state to protect the interests of Maryland under the incoming Trump administration.
Letter: If you’re a woman who voted for Trump, no one is coming to save you
After the presidential election, conservative white women who believe the white patriarchy will save them are in for a rude awakening, writes Baltimore resident Betsy Schindler.
Supporters watch returns at a campaign election night watch party for former President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida.
On Election Day, they set out to answer Baltimore County’s biggest questions
In the coming weeks, the results of exit polls will unspool some of the motivations behind local, state and national voting decisions.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County students conduct exit polls for their Voting and Political Behavior class Outside of the English Consul Volunteer Fire Station in Lansdowne, MD on Nov. 5, 2024.
Anne Arundel County voted against diversity. That might end judicial elections.
When Anne Arundel County voters rejected Circuit Court Judge Ginina Jackson-Stevenson for lawyer Tom Casey, they reduced the number of Black judges on the bench by one-third.
Circuit Court Judge Ginina A. Jackson-Stevenson, left, prepares to canvas with supporters of Del. Mike Rogers on Jan. 6, 2024. She lost her seat on the bench in November. It's the first time since 2004 that an appointed Black judge lost to a white challenger.
Biden includes Key Bridge funding in $100B disaster request
President Joe Biden is taking an important step in his effort to lock in federal money to rebuild Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The cargo ship Dali, which toppled the Francis Scott Key bridge when it crashed into it in March, is seen in the Patapso River on April 25, 2024.
Baltimore City Council approves tax hike for vacant properties
The proposal would set the tax rate for vacant and abandoned homes at three times the typical rate in its first year.
The proposal would set the tax rate for vacant and abandoned homes at three times the typical rate in its first year.
O’Malley resigns from Social Security Administration to run for DNC chair
O’Malley’s candidacy to lead the Democratic National Committee comes at a time of soul-searching and finger-pointing in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: Former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD), President Biden's nominee to be the next Commissioner of Social Security, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on November 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. If confirmed O'Malley would replace former Commissioner Andrew Saul who was fired from office by President Joe Biden in 2021.
A Baltimore County complex shows how it’s getting more expensive to own a condo
In the midst of a dispute over rising fees, some say more laws and resources could alleviate the strain on common ownership communities.
Rockland Run resident Diana Evans looks up at the damaged ceiling above her bed. She has had to deal with water coming through the ceiling in her first floor condo multiple times in the past couple of years.
Antisemitism and war motivate some Jewish voters to swing right with rest of country
While Jewish voters are by no means a monolith, in Baltimore City and county, home to one of the country’s largest Jewish populations, many traditionally vote for Democrats.
Republican Jewish Coalition member David Cuttner displays a yarmulke promoting Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump while canvassing a neighborhood, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich.
Angela Alsobrooks won a $150M trial by fire. Now she heads to Trump’s Washington.
Angela Alsobrooks will join the Senate in an unenviable position: as a brand-new member in the minority party, with the president also from the opposing party.
Angela Alsobrooks speaks following her Senate seat win at her election night event held in College Park, MD on November 5th, 2024.
Family of DPW worker crushed by trash truck demands answers
Timothy Cartwell, a waste collector with the Reedbird Sanitation Yard, died after being trapped between a utility pole and a trash truck in an alley in West Baltimore.
The families of Cartwell and Ronald Silver joined the protest in a call for change and answers from Baltimore leaders.
Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Trump rally.
Baltimore reaches $44 million settlement in suit over pedestrian accessibility
As part of the deal, the city agreed to create a program overseen by Baltimore’s Department of Transportation dedicated to pedestrian accessibility.
Two sidewalk ramps perpendicular to one another lead into a portion of a road that is sectioned off by plastic flex posts and black curbs.
Howard County school board races were ultra-close this year. Here’s why.
Howard County voters had to wait one week and a day for school board election results, with races decided on razor-thin margins.
Howard County voters had to wait one week and a day for school board election results, with races decided on razor-thin margins.
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