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Democrat Carl Stokes running for Baltimore City Council president
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Democrat Carl Stokes running for Baltimore City Council president
Former Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes filed Friday to seek the Democratic nomination to run for Baltimore City Council president.

By Emily Opilo

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In Baltimore congressional race, the top female candidates have reported their personal finances. The major male candidates haven’t.
In Maryland’s 7th Congressional District race, leading female candidates file their legal disclosure forms, while male candidates fail to do so.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 24, 2020
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Fields are set for Baltimore mayoral, Maryland’s U.S. House primaries in April
The fields are set for this spring’s primaries in Maryland, including for mayor of Baltimore and U.S. House seats.

By Pamela Wood and Emily Opilo

Jan 24, 2020
Crime

Two shot in southeast Baltimore Friday night
Two people were found shot on North Ellwood Avenue on Friday night, police said.

By Liz Bowie

Jan 24, 2020
Politics

Mfume, Higginbotham report more than $200,000 on hand for closing days of 7th District congressional race
According to finance reports filed in a special primary for Maryland's 7th Congressional District, former Rep. Kweisi Mfume and law professor F. Michael Higginbotham each had more than $200,000 in cash on hand heading into the final days of the campaign.

By Emily Opilo

Jan 24, 2020
Obituaries

Donald Earl Hall, state worker and baseball outfielder once signed by the Orioles, dies
Donald Earl Hall, a youthful baseball player and longtime state worker, has died at age 74.

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 24, 2020
Obituaries

Alan R. Katz, former president and owner of White Coffee Pot Family Inns, dies
Alan R. Katz, former proprietor of Horn & Horn, White Coffee Pot and Cactus Willie's Steak and Buffet Bakery, has died at age 87

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 24, 2020
Baltimore City

Panel tasked with overseeing Baltimore’s inspector general never met in 2019 as mandated by law
A voter-approved 2018 measure that separated the inspector general from the mayor’s office also established the requirement for the advisory panel.

By Kevin Rector

Jan 24, 2020
Crime

A 73-year old Baltimore woman spent her life in the city she loved. A stray bullet outside her home killed her.
Carolyn McFadden is one of four women killed in the first month of the year. Her killing comes after last year saw the most homicides for women in the last five years.

By Phillip Jackson

Jan 24, 2020

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Man dead, another injured in Northeast Baltimore shooting
Baltimore police say one man died and another was injured in a shooting in Northeast Baltimore’s Belair-Edison neighborhood Thursday evening.

By Phil Davis

Jan 23, 2020
Politics

Baltimore mayoral candidates question whether police gave special treatment to political rival Vignarajah
Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young and City Council President Brandon Scott are questioning whether city police gave mayoral rival Thiru Vignarajah special treatment during a traffic stop in which a sergeant turned off his body-worn camera.

By Talia Richman

Jan 23, 2020
Politics

Leaders of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions come to Annapolis to push for $2.2B school construction bill
Leaders of eight large Maryland jurisdictions come to Annapolis to push for $2.2 billion school construction bill.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 23, 2020
Crime

Officer injured, apparently trying to break up a fight among youths in Northeast Baltimore
Two teens were arrested Thursday afternoon after police said an officer was struck while trying to break up a fight involving a group of young people in Northeast Baltimore.

By Jessica Anderson

Jan 23, 2020
Baltimore City

Baltimore Police no longer have officers assigned to homeless outreach, but advocates say those resources can be better utilized
Police officers assigned to Baltimore's homeless outreach team have been transferred to the crisis response team.

By Jessica Anderson

Jan 23, 2020
Politics

Bill to allow Baltimore to collect millions in taxes on Uber, Lyft moves forward after yearlong delay
A bill that would allow Baltimore to collect millions in taxes on Uber and Lyft rides — which went a year without a hearing due to the political upheaval following the resignation of ex-Mayor Catherine E. Pugh — was approved by the City Council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development committee Thursday.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 23, 2020

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Former Baltimore delegate Cheryl Glenn pleads guilty to federal corruption charges. Then she hugs FBI agents.
Former Baltimore delegate Cheryl D. Glenn pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of taking bribes in exchange for political favors.

By Justin Fenton

Jan 23, 2020
Business

Baltimore’s Domino Sugar plant is working overtime at a historic pace, after a year of harsh weather and bad harvests
Domino Sugar will import tons more raw Mexican sugar to make up for crop-destroying U.S. weather, and local employees are working extra shifts to meet production goals.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 23, 2020
Politics

Feds to cut up to 15,000 in Baltimore from food stamps; Maryland, other states suing to halt change
As many as 15,000 people in Baltimore could see their food stamps benefits slashed under a new Trump administration rule that tightens eligibility requirements.

By Talia Richman

Jan 23, 2020
Politics

A Republican has never represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. These Republicans are running anyway.
Eight Republicans are vying for their party’s nomination in a Feb. 4 special primary for the seat once held by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings.

By Alison Knezevich

Jan 23, 2020
Crime

Top Baltimore police spokesman Matt Jablow leaving the department, wants to return to video production
Matt Jablow, the Baltimore Police Department's chief of public information, will be leaving his post in the next few weeks, the department announced Wednesday night.

By Phil Davis

Jan 22, 2020
Crime

Plumber pleads guilty to role in extortion scheme involving Baltimore DPW workers and equipment
Philip Michael Loverde, a licensed plumber, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to extort under color of right as he admitted to aiding a DPW supervisor in a scheme to install water and sewer lines for private developers for cash through faked invoices.

By Phil Davis

Jan 22, 2020

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Two shot in southeast Baltimore Friday night
Two people were found shot on North Ellwood Avenue on Friday night, police said.

By Liz Bowie

Jan 24, 2020

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Why several of the best-known Baltimore mayoral candidates have yet to formally file
Almost a dozen Democrats have filed to run in the primary election for Baltimore’s next mayor, but even that large number doesn’t reflect just how crowded the field is in this deep-blue city. Several of the best-known candidates have yet to formally submit their paperwork — including Mayor Bernard C. “Jack”, City Council President Brandon Scott and former Mayor Sheila Dixon — ahead of the Jan. 24 deadline.

By Talia Richman

Jan 9, 2020

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Democrat Carl Stokes running for Baltimore City Council president
Former Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes filed Friday to seek the Democratic nomination to run for Baltimore City Council president.

By Emily Opilo

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Teen stabbed in Halethorpe Friday night, police say
Police are investigating the stabbing of a teenage boy in Halethorpe Friday evening.

By Liz Bowie

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Christian Winborne, Danny Rosenfield lead Gilman basketball over Boys Latin
With a raucous crowd in tow, Gilman boys basketball defeated its crosstown rival Boys Latin by a score of 66-64 on Friday night.

By Kyle J. Andrews

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Racism in Roland Park: woman uses the N-word to describe middle school students in affluent Baltimore area | COMMENTARY
The racially restrictive covenants that maintained segregation for decades in North Baltimore may be gone, but their message persists in the affluent, mostly white communities there: It’s still true that not everyone is welcomed by everyone.

By Baltimore Sun Editorial Board

Jan 24, 2020

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