Undergoing $11 million in repairs, Police Department parking garage won’t reopen until 2027
As the price for fixing the building escalates, the mayor blames his predecessors and the agency in charge hopes for the best.
Business & DevelopmentDec 11, 2025
Councilman Ryan Dorsey’s handling of controversial zoning legislation is sparking protests
The assertive architect of Mayor Scott’s bill package, also sitting as committee chair, he’s the lightning rod as residents in many Baltimore neighborhoods say their voices are going unheard.
NeighborhoodsDec 10, 2025
Company that sent lead paint chips down onto TV Hill pleads guilty, is fined $50,000
Skyline Tower Painting’s botched repainting of the iconic broadcast tower “exposed children to dangerous lead paint chips, contaminating Baltimore playgrounds, yards and even a daycare center,” Attorney General Anthony Brown says.
BDC bows out of Sisson Street Task Force meeting, prompting an outburst by its chair
“They are not transparent,” Councilwoman Odette Ramos said of the Baltimore Development Corp., noting the quasi-public agency initiated the legislation to sell the drop-off site in the first place.
Dec 6, 2025
In do-over election, sanitation worker Stancil McNair wins Local 44 presidency – again
After his surprise victory was challenged and thrown out, McNair tried unsuccessfully in court to halt the second election. Today he beat AFSCME officials’ favored candidate, Trevor Taylor.
Dec 5, 2025
Local 44 election to be held tomorrow after judge rejects sanitation worker’s bid to halt it
An AFSCME judicial panel’s decision to throw out the August election that swept an insurgent slate into office would likely be upheld, he says, denying request for a temporary restraining order.
The Drip
Your quick news fix
Nov 3, 2025
Scott defends commissioning portraits of recent mayors, including two with criminal convictions
Oct 12, 2025
Brew’s Shen and Reutter honored by Baltimore City Historical Society
Sep 2, 2025
Jennifer Bishop to talk about five decades of photography in Baltimore
Jul 30, 2025
Is Pat Young preparing the way for a flip-flop?
Jul 25, 2025
Nurses return to work after 24-hour strike at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital
Special Series
Scott’s Sisson Trash Plan
Dec 9, 2025
BDC bows out of Sisson Street Task Force meeting, prompting an outburst by its chair
Scott’s Zoning Deregulation Bills
Dec 2, 2025
Sensing the public mood, a City Council committee pumps the brakes on Mayor Scott’s zoning bill
Homelessness and Housing
Nov 7, 2025
Baltimore officials under fire for homeless shelter conditions and adverse impacts on the community
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
Top developer lawyers and lobbyists helped vet city’s new development chief
Too much secrecy, too many insider deals – that is the critics’ take on the Baltimore Development Corp. So how was the new BDC chief selected? Behind closed doors, with interviews conducted by people representing some of the biggest projects in town.
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