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Mayor questions Alonso's school-construction plan

Mayor questions schools plan

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake expressed concerns about her schools chief's proposal to borrow $1.2 billion to fix Baltimore's crumbling school buildings, touting her own more modest plan as realistic in her State of the City address Monday.

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Taxing Baltimore

Taxing Baltimore

The Homestead Property Tax Credit, created with tax relief in mind, has had profound effects in Baltimore for years.

Select Lounge shooting

Select Lounge shooting

A Baltimore officer shot a patron outside a club during an altercation, and police fatally shot him before realizing he was an officer.

Census 2010 coverage

Census 2010 for Maryland

Over past decade, population grew far more diverse, while growth dramatically slowed in once-booming counties

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