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Some council members did not even include the form on which to report gifts in their ethics filings. This is true again this year with 10 council members reporting that they received no gifts.

Three members of key council committee oppose mayor's proposal to fund school repairs

Councilman Warren Branch, for example, traded a Nissan Altima for a Ford Explorer, according to Davis. Council Vice President Edward Reisinger switched from an Altima to a Ford Taurus.

With a half-dozen key resignations at Baltimore City Hall, some political observers say they're concerned about the recent loss of institutional knowledge in Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration.

Critics of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's school construction proposal should either back the bottle tax or build support for an alternative.

Teachers, students, retailers and beverage industry lobbyists are preparing to make themselves heard Wednesday as the battle over raising Baltimore's bottle tax to fund school repairs moves to a skeptical City Council committee.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to permanently close three fire companies and could shut several recreation centers in an effort to close a $48 million gap in the city's $3 billion operating budget, according to city officials who have been briefed on the spending plan.

The lack of answers in the case of slain 13-year-old Monae Turnage has left the community in limbo, Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said Thursday.

Two Baltimore City Council members are planning campaigns to get the word out about property tax assistance for homeowners with modest incomes.

Patterson Park High School became the latest political battleground in the effort to rebuild Baltimore's decrepit school infrastructure, with students throwing their support behind a proposed bottle tax that could help raise about $300 million for facility upgrades.

Council President says he paid back developers in cash for tickets to sporting events

Ethical questions raised after mayor kicked Young out of city's skybox over Grand Prix dispute

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is gearing up for a tough fight over her plan to raise Baltimore's bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents to pay for repairs to dilapidated city schools.

'If a developer came to you, you'd give out the tax breaks,' Clarke says

Members of the Republican, Green and Libertarian parties are often divided by strong ideological differences in national politics. But in Baltimore, candidates from the three parties emphatically agree on at least one point: The long-running dominance of Democrats in city politics is detrimental.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is grilling each of her cabinet members on their vision for city government and plans for city agencies – a process that could lead to the departure of some department leaders.

George Gilbert Ganjon, a retired Carroll County farmer who was a founder of the Downtown Farmers Market, died of kidney failure Aug. 1 at Dove House in Westminster. He was 82.

George Gilbert Ganjon, a retired Carroll County farmer who was a founder of the Downtown Farmers Market, died of kidney failure Aug. 1 at Dove House in Westminster. He was 82.

For months now, members of the Baltimore City Council have been telling Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake what they'd like to see when she draws new boundaries for their districts.

Thrust into power after a scandal, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has navigated her first year as mayor with unexpected strength