At issue: Can people hit with a lawsuit found to be a malicious attempt to shut them up collect damages?

The IG Advisory Board approves the hiring of outside legal counsel. Cumming reveals her fight with the Scott administration centers on MONSE. UPDATE: Mayor’s office says legal action by OIG in her official capacity is “not feasible.”

Tasked with promoting civil rights and equity at Baltimore’s biggest civilian agency, Linda Batts says she was blocked, then terminated for “doing her job.”

The administration’s latest assault on the city’s corruption watchdog doesn’t hold up to legal scrutiny and raises a harsh question: what are they hiding? [OP-ED]