Overtime spending in city agencies killed Baltimore’s $53.8 million budget ‘windfall’; city preparing for deficit
Excessive overtime spending in city agencies all but erased Baltimore’s fiscal year 2024 surplus, and now the city is ...
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson: Baltimore’s 2% sales tax ‘unlikely’ to pass this year
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson is pessimistic about the chances of granting Baltimore leaders’ plea to let the city ...
City of Baltimore, DPW cited for "serious" violation after heat death of worker
The City Department of Public Works, Bureau of Solid Waste was cited for a "serious" violation, for failing to protect its ...
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Court rejects Baltimore's bid to block CFPB funding cuts
A federal judge in Maryland ruled against the City of Baltimore's attempt to block cuts to Consumer Financial Protection ...
Community activists to protest ICE outside Baltimore City federal building
In a social media post, the Free State Coalition said it would hold a peaceful protest "against the unlawful and inhumane detainment of immigrants in City." ...
Baltimore Loses Bid to Stop Trump's Potential CFPB Defunding (2)
A federal judge denied a request from the city of Baltimore to put a temporary stop on the Trump administration’s efforts to ...
Baltimore City Council calls on Maryland legislature to reject Gov. Wes Moore’s Blueprint funding plan
By unanimous vote, the city council passed a resolution urging state legislators to fully fund Maryland’s Blueprint program — ...
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Overtime Spending Wipes Out Baltimore’s Budget Surplus
The city had to reshuffle more than $50 million to address the unexpected shortfall, driven by overtime costs due to staffing ...
Baltimore bid to halt US CFPB defunding rejected by judge
A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday rejected the city's effort to temporarily block the Consumer Financial Protection ...
City taxpayer dollars fund group whose youth instructor appeared to praise the Taliban
Baltimore City taxpayer dollars fund an organization that uses a youth instructor who appeared to praise the Taliban and celebrate terrorist attacks in Israel.
Baltimore wants to get to the bottom of its chronic absenteeism problem
Playing hooky once in a while is one thing. But missing school enough times to be considered "chronically absent" by the ...
Md. lawmakers grill energy companies over high utility bills
Utility officials blame skyrocketing bills on high usage during the recent cold months, but lawmakers weren’t buying it.