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Virulent opposition among West Baltimore residents to a proposed CSX Transportation cargo facility in their neighborhood continues to raise questions about the viability of the long-studied project. It has also disrupted key conversations on growth at the port of Baltimore.

Baltimore's top politicians are set to receive automatic 2.5 percent pay raises, following a years-old decision by an independent body. The salary hikes — which would increase the mayor's $159,380 salary to $163,365 — are tied to raises that city union workers receive each year, according to a 2010 decision by the Compensation Commission for Elected Officials.

A week before new revenue is set to arrive in city coffers from a 25-cent tax per passenger on all taxi, limousine and for-hire sedan companies in Baltimore, the City Council will begin considering legislation to delay the tax by six months.

At Woody's Taco Island food truck, customers take their marinated tilapia, Caribbean fried rice and jerk chicken chili to go in recycled cardboard containers. It's an environmentally friendly — albeit more expensive alternative — that restaurateurs around Baltimore say their customers are demanding in place of traditional foam cups and containers that some want banned from the city.

Asking for money near Baltimore restaurants, shops or parking meters would be outlawed under legislation some City Council members say is needed to make residents and visitors feel safer. The proposal, which heads to the full council for its consideration on Nov. 4, faces opposition from advocates for the homeless and free speech groups, who say broadly limiting panhandling violates the Constitution.

Amazon.com will open a 1 million-square-foot distribution center that could employ 1,000 people at the site of the former General Motors plant in Southeast Baltimore, the company announced Tuesday.

Maryland gambling control officials said Tuesday they're "concerned" about allegations in other states involving the company building Baltimore's casino, Caesars Entertainment Corp., and are gathering information.

The parent company of Baltimore's casino said Monday that one of its businesses is the subject of a federal investigation into money laundering — and that it was pulling out of a $1 billion casino venture in Boston.

A labor strike and neighborhood protests over an intermodal terminal are troubling developments for the Port of Baltimore

Driven by a surge of opposition from local residents, several city leaders have withdrawn their support for a major CSX Transportation rail facility proposed for Southwest Baltimore.

In an attempt to provide thieves one less outlet to collect cash for stolen cell phones, the Baltimore City Council on Monday is poised to ban automated kiosks that give money on the spot for used electronics.

The head of Baltimore's water system spent 35 days attending conferences in the past year, many of them out of state, records show. The travel has raised concerns among some city officials, who say Water and Wastewater chief Rudy Chow is needed here to focus on issues of crumbling infrastructure and erroneous bills.

Baltimore planners want to design corridors along mass transit stations where individuals and families can live, shop and commute without having to get behind the wheel of a car — part of a proposal to modernize the city.

Baltimore police were investigating an early-morning shooting in the city's Pigtown neighborhood that left two people dead and two others injured.

After hearing from scores of citizens opposed to the deal, a Baltimore City Council committee approved a plan Wednesday night to give millions in taxpayer assistance to the $1.8 billion Harbor Point development.

According to a study to be released Tuesday by the National Center for Healthy Housing, the Baltimore-Washington Rail Intermodal Facility has the potential to significantly impact the air quality in the neighborhood while driving down housing prices. The facility also raises concerns about noise and light pollution.

Several lawmakers are calling on the state to compensate Baltimore amid new disclosures that errors in the historic property tax credit program for homeowners have cut revenue to the city over the past several years.

Wayne L. Sherman, a Baltimore City government employee and a Morrell Park activist, was stricken on a street in downtown Baltimore on July 11 and died at Mercy Medical Center.

Baltimore's spending board voted Wednesday to approve another property tax break for city homeowners, part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to cut property taxes by 22 percent over 10 years.

The promoter of last year's Starscape Festival says a new event he's marketing that targets a similar audience won't have the safety problems associated with last year's concert.

A City Council committee approved a bill Thursday that would allow companies such as Ticketmaster to continue to charge unlimited fees in selling tickets to events in Baltimore.

12 of 14 council members co-sponsor resolution seeking moratorium on jail's construction

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick of a Californian to head Baltimore's police department prompted questions Monday from City Council members who had been hoping the new commissioner would come from the department's ranks.

City officials will not grant the promoters of the annual Starscape Festival another permit to use Fort Armistead Park, after last month's event heavily taxed city emergency resources. Lonnie Fisher, one of the promoters, said he plans to ask the city to work with him to find a solution.

The Baltimore City Council made a statement Monday against Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposed budget — voting to fund fire companies, recreation centers, Youth Works summer jobs and afterschool programs by making $6.4 million in cuts to other city agencies.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposed increase to the city's tax on bottle beverages is expected to move forward Monday after being corked up for months by a City Council committee.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dismissed Thursday a package of budget changes proposed by Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, saying most of his proposals are "unadvisable, unworkable and irresponsible."

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dismissed Thursday a package of budget changes proposed by Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, saying most of his proposals are "unadvisable, unworkable and irresponsible."