David Bramble’s plans for a massive apartment and retail complex at Baltimore’s Pratt and Light streets would alter longstanding priorities for public open space there. A SPECIAL Brew report.

Mayor Brandon Scott once promised that Baltimore’s ten-year contract with the polluting facility would be its last. But that will mean working aggressively to find other ways to deal with city garbage ...

In blunt language, a judge has denied the Brandon Scott administration’s emergency request to continue blocking the Office of Inspector General’s access to records as the city appeals the court’s ...

The Scott administration says releasing records to the inspector general’s office will lead to “a massive expenditure of funds.” She says there’s a simple solution to this self-created problem.

A bill backed by Councilman Ryan Dorsey – scheduled for a committee vote on Thursday – is little known, but would have a big impact on city homeowners. [OP-ED] ...

The record details “a pattern by the city to delay, diffuse and deny” OIG efforts to investigate fraud and waste in city government, the judge concludes.

A coalition of leading labor and community organizations is protesting the use of tax breaks to stimulate development, saying the special financing appears to be undermining Baltimore City’s finances ...

The 17-member board, set up to handle citizen complaints of police misconduct, is dependent on the police investigating themselves.

At bare minimum, city officials must forbid demolition of the Harborplace pavilions until the roughly $500 million needed in private funding is secured by MCB Real Estate. [OP-ED] ...

Repeats his accusation that IG Isabel Mercedes Cumming had “abused” her access to city records “for personal motives.” ...

The judge also orders the city to reinstate the IG’s access to computer servers. A big victory for Isabel Mercedes Cumming, who took a gamble filing the lawsuit against the mayor.