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- The AFRAM Festival returns in 2018 to its usual two-day lineup.
- Baltimore’s congressional representatives vowed Monday to fight a Republican tax bill they said would damage the city and state, and encouraged residents to speak out, as well.
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- Proposal to force contractors to keep incumbent workers is not in Baltimore's best interests
- Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh publicly backed advocates' calls Saturday for her administration to issue $40 million in bonds annually for affordable housing
- Mayor Pugh will maintain the program, look to accelerate demolitions.
- The Sun's opposition to the $15 minimum wage is off-base given the facts
- Supporters of Baltimore's $15 per hour minimum wage bill say opponents' predictions of job losses in the city are overblown and the city stands to benefit from decreased poverty and increased home ownership.
- Officials on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a new affordable apartment building on downtown's west side, an area where several new projects are injecting new life.
- Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh chose famed womenswear designer Carolina Herrera when she was sworn in as the city’s 50th mayor Tuesday morning.
- Mayor-elect Catherine E. Pugh named about 20 people to her transition team Thursday to help her plan over the next month how to refocus the city's housing policy on community development and the police department on fostering mutual respect and collaboration with residents.
- The campaign for a Baltimore mayoral candidate says a misunderstanding led to upset residents damaging vehicles outside campaign headquarters in the city.
- A high profile supporter of state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh says her chief rival in the race for mayor is the one who is out of line for giving snacks and drinks to voters who former Mayor Sheila Dixon is busing to the polls.
- A flier distributed by 7,000 households erroneously stated Sen. Catherine Pugh founded Baltimore's first African-American newspaper.
- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings is expected to appear at a news conference Tuesday at mayoral candidate and state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh's campaign headquarters.
- 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.
- Government watchdog group Common Cause Maryland on Thursday said Sheila Dixon's mayoral campaign has taken quotes attributed to its director "out of context" in
- Mayoral candidate Nick J. Mosby on Thursday asked the state prosecutor's office to investigate an email circulating on his campaign's letterhead that he says his staff did not write or send.
- Mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson took to Twitter Thursday to question an online ad run by the campaign of State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh in which a supporter criticizes the amount of talk about racism in Baltimore
- More than $60,000 in campaign checks to State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh have bounced, her campaign reported Tuesday.
- Local agencies and foundation are reviewing an outpouring of demand from Baltimore businesses and neighborhoods for relief following last month's unrest with a combination of hope and helplessness
- Lawmakers are gearing up for a fight about paid sick leave, as a nationwide campaign highlighted by President Barack Obama during his recent visit to Baltimore gains a hearing in Annapolis.
- Baltimore Democrat sits with Michelle Obama at State of the Union address
- Stacy Smith always stops by 2 Chic Boutique in Pigtown to scour the racks of discount designer clothes before she shops anywhere else. The high-end consignment shop bursting with clothes and accessories with labels to melt a fashionista's heart: St. John, Chanel, Fendi, Gucci. And a few of them have come from the closets of two prominent politicians who helped found the store.
- Low-income Baltimore residents can get help in applying for energy assistance grants from Baltimore Gas and Electric representatives at an expo on Saturday.
- Morgan State University students spent Friday morning preparing for exams and consulting with professors one last time as classes wound down for the semester. Within hours, they were startled from their studies by the sound of gunshots – for the second time this semester.
- A Taste of Hampden is a fundraiser for the Hampden Family Center, which has programs and services for the needy, after-school tutoring for public school students and programs for seniors.
- Nearly two years since Maryland's first casino opened, the state has yet to dole out any of the $3.6 million in slots revenue that has accumulated for small, minority- and women-owned businesses.
- Bill Cosby braved heavy rains Wednesday to stump for mayoral challenger Otis Rolley at a West Baltimore senior apartment building.
- 36 candidates invited to forum sponsored by Hampden, Woodberry and Remington associatons. Candidates are running for various offices in Districts 7, 12 and 14.
- Baltimore County Democrat urges mayor not "to discard" poisoning victims