Nina Harper was a retired AT&T manager and longtime East Baltimore community activist.

The Baltimore city school board will vote Tuesday on whether to revoke Banneker Blake Academy's charter.

The decision was in line with city schools CEO Sonja Santelises’ recommendation, who cited the school’s need to improve its finances and special education services.

Baltimore officials have missed the legal deadline to complete audits of several city agencies ordered by the city's voters.

When the new Baltimore City Council convenes Dec. 8, more than half will take their seats in the chamber for the first time. The newcomers are pledging to push a more liberal agenda than their predecessors, including increasing the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour.

In Baltimore's 12th District, third-party candidates are waging spirited campaigns to challenge Democrat Robert Stokes Sr., who narrowly won his primary election.

With only three months to go until the deadline, just three of 26 of the audits of Baltimore agencies required by law have been completed. Raymond

In this political season, when numbskulls and jackasses are everywhere, the Slap award turns out to be a highly competitive category. So many morons vying for a

The Baltimore City Council moved a series of bills related to funding the huge Port Covington redevelopment tonight. All three were passed to third reader, one

A majority of Baltimore City Council members have signed a petition to force a vote today that would greenlight the Port Covington development, bypassing the

An influential group of Baltimore ministers is calling on the City Council to force a vote next week that would greenlight the Port Covington development, bypassing the committee where necessary legislation has stalled. Several council members say they would support such a move.

A prominent City Councilman says officials have reached an extensive community benefits agreement with the Port Covington developer that includes twice as much lower-income housing and greater commitments to hire local workers.

Baltimore's Board of Estimates on Wednesday is slated to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the city-owned Royal Farms Arena charged concert-goers unlawful fees on tickets.

City Councilman Carl Stokes, who is chairman of a committee vetting a massive tax deal for the Port Covington development, has postponed today's work session on the project.

Baltimore City’s proposed $15 minimum wage, which a City Council bill would bring by 2022, is still alive. But it’s in hospice care.

A new political action committee has pumped $83,000 into the Baltimore mayor's race in the final days to benefit lawyer Elizabeth Embry.

In Baltimore's 12th District, there's a wide-open race to replace City Councilman Carl Stokes, who is running for mayor.

For the first time ever here in Maryland, ex-offenders can vote before completing probation and parole. Because of this, Wednesday night's Ex-Offender Mayoral

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Kelly Cross, a candidate in the 12th District City Council race, is facing two battles right now.

Which mayoral candidate has the best plan to make government accountable, efficient — and honest

Throughout the campaign, candidates for Baltimore mayor have called for a greater role in running the city's schools. Three have founded schools of their own, with mixed results.

Mayoral candidate Elizabeth Embry challenged State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh, who led the last mayoral poll, to join in a candidates' debate on WYPR-FM next week. 

State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh has opened up a clear lead over former Mayor Sheila Dixon as the mayor's race enters its final month, according to a new poll for the Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore.

Sitting inches apart from one another on the debate stage Friday, the top six candidates for mayor confronted each other about campaign contributions, allegiances and political baggage.

Baltimore councilman Carl Stokes returns to the podcast as part of Dan's series of interviews with mayoral candidates, and, a year after Freddie Gray's death, the Baltimore County library's common reading program takes on race and the social conditions at the root of 2015's unrest.

City Councilman Carl Stokes has been a leader on the issues for years. Will his third try at mayor result in a win?

Baltimore Orioles owners Peter G. Angelos has funded a political action committee that is paying for TV ads to promote City Councilman Carl Stokes' mayoral bid.

Former Mayor Sheila Dixon wants more focus on helping kids cope with trauma and City Councilman Carl Stokes wants extended day classes for many students, under education plans the two mayoral hopefuls released Wednesday.

Democrats and Republicans running for Baltimore mayor and U.S. Senate will meet in separate debates this week sponsored by The Baltimore Sun, WJZ, University of Baltimore and League of Women Voters.

Mayoral candidate Nick J. Mosby released his first television ad Thursday entitled, ¿Biography: Real Change for Baltimore.¿

Baltimore mayoral candidate and City Councilman Carl Stokes said the city agencies charged with community development have become cloistered and lack accountability, problems he vowed to fix Wednesday as he released a plan focused on improving city neighborhoods.

With 13 candidates in the Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor, it's hard to criticize anyone for anything that helps him or her cut through the clutter.

Democrats vying to become Baltimore's next mayor each say they would do a better job creating affordable housing options, ridding the city of vacant properties and targeting investment in struggling neighborhoods.

City Councilman Carl Stokes' plan for economic development if he wins the election and becomes Baltimore's next mayor.

Some of Baltimore's leading mayoral candidates fielded questions Wednesday from potential constituents — many of whom can't yet vote.

In awarding the latest subsidy for development in cash-strapped Baltimore, leaders of the City Council on Monday required the developers to set aside millions for the nearby community — a new standard they plan to begin imposing.