Asked why Mayor Brandon Scott has curtailed the watchdog’s powers, he says, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. My hope is that the fire is not someone in the mayor’s office pulling strings in an improper way.”

In the city and the suburbs, thousands turn out to join a national protest against the Trump administration, decrying the U.S. war against Iran and its crackdown on immigrants at home.

Does uplifting a beautiful but beleaguered city waterway mean eateries and apartments? During a generally convivial listening session, some raw moments around development, gentrification and race.

Despite Johns Hopkins’ repeated denials that its new Data Science institute could become a data center, some nearby residents and their advocates want Baltimore to act now to restrict these facilities through zoning.