Business & Developmentby Fern Shen and Mark ReutterJun 13, 2025

Former city planner Otis Rolley to be named head of the Baltimore Development Corp.

BREAKING: The onetime city planning director inherits major responsibilities – from overseeing the proposed Harborplace redevelopment to resuscitating the moribund “Superblock” on Howard and Lexington streets.

Media & TechnologyJun 12, 2025

Use of Slack by two city agencies may have impeded public access to records, Inspector General Cumming finds

A new report questions the use of communications outside of the city’s Microsoft Teams system by employees at the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) and the Health Department.

Crime & JusticeJun 11, 2025

Baltimore’s homicide clearance rate is rising, but arrests for murder remain stubbornly flat

Murders have steeply declined and the mayor calls Baltimore “the model for violence reduction.” But what does it mean that arrests for murder have largely stayed the same for two decades?

AccountabilityJun 10, 2025

Johnny Olszewski’s uncle used his county-assigned vehicle for lengthy stays at Olszewski’s campaign office

A report today by Inspector General Kelly Madigan cites the improper use of a county vehicle by a “relative” of a politician, identified by The Brew as Robert W. Olszewski Sr., uncle of the former county executive and current congressman.

EnvironmentJun 9, 2025

South Baltimore activists call absence of zero waste funding in city’s FY26 budget “a betrayal”

Advocates as well as City Council members worry that, with five years left on the BRESCO contract, the Scott administration is moving too slowly to end trash incineration in Baltimore.

Special SeriesCulture & ArtsJun 9, 2025

After 35 seasons, Everyman Theatre founder Vincent Lancisi takes a bow

His retirement at the end of the 2025-2026 season will conclude a storied run that began with a play in a Charles Village church that was so cold Lancisi provided blankets for the audience.