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19-year-old dead Thursday after he was restrained after an altercation on May 7 - Some future city workers will get a 401(k)-style retirement plan rather than traditional pensions under a sweeping plan unanimously approved by the City Council Monday.
- Baltimore animal control officers would have more leeway to seize dogs, cats or other pets deemed to be a nuisance under a measure the City Council will consider Monday.
- Controversial legislation intended to help ex-convicts find jobs is headed to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake for her expected signature after the City Council gave the measure final approval Monday.
- Baltimore City Councilman Bill Henry is challenging state Sen. Joan Carter Conway in North Baltimore's 43rd legislative district. He says her power has gone to her head. She says she uses it to help the citizens of Baltimore.
- Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran is sponsoring legislation to spell out a narrow list of conditions for which a vehicle can be towed from private property. And he would cut the allowed towing fee by nearly half.
- The Greater Baltimore Committee is waging a last-minute effort to derail legislation aimed at helping ex-offenders find work in Baltimore, arguing that the measure would drive jobs from the city.
- The federal government has ordered Baltimore to pay back $3.7 million from a homeless services grant, saying the city and its subcontractors cannot sufficiently account for how the money was spent.
- City lawmakers said Monday that they were shocked by a Baltimore Sun investigation into school violence published over the weekend and plan to hold hearings to address the hundreds of injury claims filed by teachers.
- A City Council committee investigating a confidential audit of Baltimore's speed camera program on Monday delivered a letter to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake seeking 31 batches of documents involving nearly all aspects of the once-lucrative program.
- The City Council defeated a proposal Monday to impose a 10-cent fee on most paper and plastic bags distributed in Baltimore over arguments that such surcharges are a proven method to reduce litter.
- Baltimore's speed cameras likely charged motorists for thousands more erroneous tickets than previously disclosed, according to data from a secret audit conducted for the city last year and obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
- Baltimore's speed cameras likely charged motorists for thousands more erroneous tickets than previously disclosed, according to data from a secret audit conducted for the city last year and obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
- Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and her security detail made two dozen out-of-state trips in 2013. The mayor's supporters applaud her travel, saying she is representing the city well before groups across the country. But some question whether it's possible to govern as effectively from out of town.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and her pick to run the city's fire department, Niles Ford, said Monday they hope to hire and promote more minorities and women — even as the department cuts positions.
- Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wants to stop sending officers out on low-priority 911 calls, expand foot patrols and create a unit focused on investigating incidents in which police use force.
- 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.
- After weeks of protests, the Baltimore City Council granted preliminary approval Monday evening to more than $100 million in public financing for the upscale Harbor Point development.
- If Councilman Nick Mosby has his way, Baltimore government would boycott Florida-based businesses in protest to the state's stand-your-ground law after George Zimmerman's acquittal.
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- Longtime Councilman Robert W. Curran filed for personal bankruptcy in June, a move he said was necessary to avoid foreclosure on his Northeast Baltimore home.
- Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts vows reform
- Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes but more in storm water and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council Monday.
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