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Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott was robbed at gunpoint a decade ago. On Monday, he appeared in court on behalf of one of his assailants, asking a judge to reduce the man's sentence because he believes he has reformed.

By Kevin Rector

Jul 15, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced the nominations Monday of directors for the city’s transportation and general services departments.

By Colin Campbell

Jul 8, 2019

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

By Ian Duncan

Jun 27, 2019

Frank Johnson left his job as a top salesman for Intel to help improve Baltimore's struggling IT office. Now, he faces a major cybersecurity crisis.

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

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison praises officers' quick reactions and points to adjustments he hopes will help.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 25, 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

Despite corruption that has sometimes flourished in plainclothes squads, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says they still have a place.

The issue of police overtime resurfaces with the misconduct case last week against Sgt. Ethan Newberg.

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

Baltimore refused help from Maryland information technology experts in the first week after the city’s computer networks were shut down by a ransomeware attack

Baltimore City Councilman Bill Henry plans to propose a ban on plastic bags at city grocers and corner stores, he said Thursday.

By Scott Dance

Jun 13, 2019

Saying that impeding traffic is illegal, Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young pledges to develop a plan to address panhandlers and squeegee kids.

By Yvonne Wenger

Jun 12, 2019

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

By Yvonne Wenger

Jun 12, 2019

Baltimore's $2.9 billion spending plan includes $2.6 million to open all of the city's 43 recreation centers on Saturdays.

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

Sgt. Ethan Newberg, 49, a 24-year Baltimore Police Department officer, is being charged with second-degree assault, false imprisonment and misconduct.

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

Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young said Wednesday that he would like to see the struggling Harborplace mall at the Inner Harbor overhauled.

By Ian Duncan

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

U.S. Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger says the National Security Agency tells him a tool called "Eternal Blue" wasn't used in a hack of Baltimore's systems.

By Ian Duncan

May 31, 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

A congressman representing Baltimore seeks a briefing from the NSA after a report that a tool developed by the agency was used to spread ransomware.

Only 16 percent of Baltimore police officers are women. A new recruitment campaign aims to change that - and help heal troubled relations with residents.

By Jessica Anderson

May 24, 2019

Maryland politicians weigh in on the future of Pimlico Race Course during the festivities surrounding the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes.

By Pamela Wood

May 18, 2019

Bernard C. “Jack” Young formally took an oath of office as Baltimore’s 51st mayor. He became mayor last week when fellow Democrat Catherine Pugh resigned.

By Ian Duncan

May 9, 2019

A new mayor, a new speaker; how about a new commitment to funding schools for the governor?

Some see Baltimore's violent crime as a singular problem. But it's connected to many other problems, requiring an all-in strategy.

By Dan Rodricks

May 7, 2019

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.

Acting Deputy Baltimore Police Commissioner Melvin T.  Russell, a 40-year veteran of the force who leads community outreach efforts and was one of six finalists who interviewed last year for the top job, is leaving the department this week amid an organizational shake-up.

A month into Michael Harrison’s tenure as commissioner of one of the country’s most challenged police departments, he’s reshaping it — looking nationally for top candidates and turning a critical eye to command staff.

By Jessica Anderson

Apr 13, 2019

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.

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

In the early stages of her re-election bid, Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has come under fire for revelations that while she sat on the board of the University of Maryland Medical System, the organization paid her $500,000 for children’s books she authored.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 23, 2019

The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would allow Johns Hopkins University to create a private, armed police force. Opponents, who object to "privatizing policing," spent more than an hour trying in vain to modify the measure.

By Pamela Wood

Mar 13, 2019

Marylanders cannot continue to be denied the basic transparency into police misconduct records that would allow them to hold their local departments accountable.

Mayor Pugh should understand that whatever is happening with Baltimore's police recruitment, the buck stops with her.

Baltimore’s spending board has approved a 5-year contract for the incoming police commissioner. The deal gives him valuable perks and a far higher salary than his predecessors, but at also makes him easier to fire. Michael Harrison would make $275,000 a year. He starts Monday.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 6, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has already amassed a $1 million campaign fund, much of it raised over just three days this month. That puts up a barrier for potential challengers to her re-election to overcome, along with the power of incumbency.

By Ian Duncan

Jan 28, 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

Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis says the mayor’s new choice to become police commissioner will hold community meetings in all nine of the city’s police districts in the coming weeks, as part of a plan to build support for the nomination.

By Ian Duncan

Jan 14, 2019

Calling the level of violence in Baltimore “completely unacceptable,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is describing a crackdown — one that has 200 officers in a “strike force” to fight crime and expanding a program in which city criminal cases are charged federally.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 8, 2019

Joel Fitzgerald, Mayor Catherine Pugh’s choice to become Baltimore’s next police commissioner, has withdrawn from consideration for the job, a decision that spells more uncertainty for a department that has now been with permanent leadership for more than seven months.

By Ian Duncan

Jan 7, 2019

Under a proposed bill, Baltimore could offer ranked choice voting. Voters would list their favored candidates in order. If a candidate doesn't receive a majority of support overall, officials would count voters' second choices and then the third choices, until a winning candidate breaks 50 percent.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 7, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s office says she is postponing community meetings with her nominee for police commission, Joel Fitzgerald, citing a medical issue in his family. The mayor’s office called the issue an “unexpected medical emergency having to do with his son" which requires surgery.