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Activists are urging the Baltimore City Council to pass legislation to make water more affordable for city residents.

By Brittany Brown

Jul 1, 2019

New Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott has created committees on health, transportation, investigations and cybersecurity.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 27, 2019

An aide in Baltimore Council President Brandon Scott's office says she was fired after applying to fill his old council seat.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 26, 2019

The Baltimore City Council is considering how to operate a fund, authorized by voters, that would provide public money for political candidates.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 24, 2019

Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott will on Monday formally call city agencies to a hearing on their response to the water outage at Poe Homes.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 24, 2019

Several Maryland Cybersecurity Council members and other experts have offered their free service to the Baltimore City Council, which has not responded.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 17, 2019

Donald Hammen served on the City Council from 1976 until losing a race for re-election in 1987.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 15, 2019

Still under audit for its role in the "Healthy Holly" scandal, Associated Black Charities gets City Council support to keep managing public money.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 13, 2019

Baltimore City Council's newest member Danielle McCray sworn in Tuesday ahead of vote on the budget.

By Yvonne Wenger

Jun 12, 2019

Facing criticism from the City Council, the head of the Baltimore IT office apologized for doing a poor job of sharing information after the ransomware attack.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 7, 2019

The Baltimore mayor's office, City Council and Recreation and Parks announce the first Charm City Games, Olympic-type games for Baltimore youth.

By Giana Han

Jun 5, 2019

The Baltimore City Council's demand for a crime plan by Friday seems more like posturing and won't help bring down the crime rates.

Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott called on the police commissioner to deliver a "comprehensive crime plan" by Friday.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 3, 2019

A nominating committee recommended Daniel McCray, a former aide to now Council President Brandon Scott, replace him as District 2's council member.

By Phil Davis

May 30, 2019

There are 22 candidates to fill a vacancy on the Baltimore City Council created when Democrat Brandon Scott became council president.

By Ian Duncan

May 29, 2019

Councilwoman's decision to retire brings to a close a noteworthy Charm City political career.

With Mary Pat Clarke and Ed Reisinger opting against reelection bids, more than 50 years of institutional memory will exit the Baltimore City Council chambers. They say it's time to let younger members carry on. City Hall is in flux because of the resignation of Mayor Catherine Pugh.

Newly named City Council President Brandon Scott wants to be mayor. Now we get to see what he's got.

The Baltimore City Council unanimously voted Brandon Scott its president Monday, elevating a young, second-term councilman who quickly rose to prominence as a voice on crime and policing.

By Ian Duncan

May 6, 2019

The fight for Baltimore City Council president is on now that Bernard C. "Jack" Young has become the city's 51st mayor after the resignation of Catherine Pugh. And the final faceoff may come down to council members Sharon Green Middleton and Brandon Scott.

Minutes after Catherine Pugh announced that she had resigned as Baltimore’s mayor Thursday, city leaders expressed relief and hope for a brighter future.

By Lillian Reed

May 2, 2019

Bernard C. “Jack” Young became the 51st mayor of Baltimore on Thursday, his new role made official by Catherine Pugh’s resignation.

By Ian Duncan

May 2, 2019

Catherine Pugh has represented her community as an elected official for nearly two decades on the City Council, in the General Assembly and, until Thursday, as Baltimore mayor. So what's next?

Here’s a chronological look at some key points of Catherine Pugh's tenure in Baltimore City Council, the Maryland General Assembly and as mayor of Baltimore.

By Sarah Meehan

May 2, 2019

The City Council will consider changing Baltimore’s charter amid the scandal over Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh’s sale of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s series. One of the proposals would allow the council to remove a mayor.

By Yvonne Wenger

Apr 26, 2019

Taxpayers are taking on the chin as Mayor Pugh's administration slowly (and expensively) devolves.

It is not enough that the Baltimore City Council ask for Mayor Catherine Pugh to resign amid the controversy over her Healthy Holly books and they should change the city charter to make it legal to oust mayors.

Acting Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young is seeking to reassure residents, city employees and state elected officials, saying he will serve as “a stabilizing force” for Baltimore while Mayor Catherine Pugh is on leave. Pugh's attorney has confirmed the state prosecutor is investigating her.

The 2016 candidates for City Council, the winners and a lot of the losers, must form a city-wide coalition to address Baltimore's biggest problems

By Dan Rodricks

Apr 2, 2019

Baltimore and Maryland officials are reacting to Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh's leave of absence after it was revealed she had more deals to sell her line of "Healthy Holly" books to more than just the University of Maryland Medical System.

By Phil Davis

Apr 2, 2019

When Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh temporarily steps down at midnight Monday, City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young will take over as ex officio mayor. The 64-year-old married father of two has served on the council for 21 years, leading the body as president since 2010.

The proposed regulations for dockless scooters and bicycles in Baltimore will go before the City Council for a vote Monday evening and are expected to pass, according to the council president’s office.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 25, 2019

The Baltimore City Council doesn't seem to know what is going on with Pimlico, the deteriorating fire department or any other major issue in the city.

The Baltimore Police Department is again expected to spend millions of dollars on overtime this year, but Commissioner Michael Harrison has pledged increased oversight to curb costs.

By Jessica Anderson

Mar 19, 2019

Baltimore's City Council is considering legislation that would block officials from ever selling the 700-mile underground conduit system that contains electric, telephone and fiber-optic cables.

By Yvonne Wenger

Mar 18, 2019

The Baltimore City Council has passed a bill that seeks to prevent landlords with more than five contiguous dwellings from discriminating against people who want to use housing vouchers to pay rent.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 11, 2019

Michael Harrison, Baltimore's first permanent police commissioner in 10 months, has received unanimous support from City Council. That means he's also launched on a complex mission: drive down historically high rates of violent crime while reforming a dysfunctional department.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 11, 2019

The Baltimore City Council's executive appointments committee has approved Mayor Catherine Pugh's nomination of Michael Harrison as police commissioner. Harrison cleared what appeared to be his next-to-last hurdle with little opposition. He's a former New Orleans Police Department superintendent.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 6, 2019

Councilman Robert Stokes, chairman of a Baltimore City Council committee that will consider Michael Harrison's nomination as police commissioner, said he expects Harrison will easily garner the votes needed to move on to a final vote by the full council.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 5, 2019

The Baltimore City Council has passed a resolution urging state legislators to increase funding for the world-renowned but financially strapped Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 25, 2019

The Baltimore City Council's public safety committee questioned fire officials about concerns raised by the union over the agency's resources and readiness to respond to blazes. Council members also asked about staffing policies and how the agency investigates misconduct allegations.

By Doug Donovan

Feb 19, 2019

The City Council is poised to pass a bill Monday that would force a large Baltimore trash incinerator to dramatically reduce its emissions of harmful pollutants, even though questions remain unanswered about the domino effects it could have on the city's waste stream.

By Scott Dance

Feb 10, 2019

The Clean Air standards the Baltimore City Council voted to adopt would be costly to implement.

The City Council has given preliminary approval to a bill that would force the owner of a Southwest Baltimore trash incinerator to dramatically reduce emissions from what is the city’s single largest source of air pollution. Virtually all of the city’s trash is burned at Wheelabrator Baltimore.

The Baltimore City Council plans a hearing with fire department leaders after an aging truck caught fire and amid warnings from the firefighters' union about the agency's readiness. Councilman Brandon Scott says the hearing will be the first in a series to keep a closer watch on the department.

Baltimore Police commissioner pick Michael Harrison will begin meeting with city residents next week, the mayor’s office said Monday.

By Jessica Anderson

Feb 4, 2019

Michael Harrison, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's pick for city police commissioner, has met with select community leaders, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and U.S. District Judge James Bredar, who's overseeing a court-ordered consent degree to reform the city's policing.

State Del. Talmadge Branch has submitted legislation to give Baltimore control of its police department — a change City Council members have been seeking for years. Branch says he sees no reason why the city is only Maryland jurisdiction with a police department that's technically a state agency.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 24, 2019

City Council president and others can easily commute each day to a D.C. conference and save thousands in hotel charges.

The Baltimore City Council is already looking past Mayor Pugh's nominee to run the police department and looking to change the process before the next vacancy. We're not sure there's a legislative solution.