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IG: Nothing has changed since 2023 union report finding City Hall “has zero regard for worker safety”

Exposed wiring. Loose and broken catwalks. Trenches without trench boxes. Workers handling high-voltage electricity in cherry pickers with no insulation. A year ago at a memorial for municipal ...
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Baltimore’s Police Accountability Board wades into Conway fracas, calls for greater independence

The 17-member board, set up to handle citizen complaints of police misconduct, is dependent on the police investigating themselves.
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Judge says Scott administration must turn over records to the Baltimore inspector general

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.
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BREAKING: Appellate court denies city’s motion to delay inspector general lawsuit

Another victory for IG Isabel Mercedes Cumming in her legal battle to regain direct access to city records in order to investigate waste, fraud and corruption in city government.
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Mayor Scott signals he’ll fight any court order that restores powers to the inspector general

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott indicated last night he won’t accept a court order that would allow Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming direct access to city records, once again alleging that ...
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Baltimore Sun staffers decry “non-union, sub-standard” Sinclair content in the paper under its new owners

For readers of The Baltimore Sun, the changes made to the paper since its purchase eight months ago by Sinclair Broadcast Group Executive Chairman David Smith have been startling. Brief, thinly ...
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After a century of industrial accidents and toxic exposures, Curtis Bay residents say they’ve had enough

The marchers who stood in the rain outside the gates of the CSX coal facility in Curtis Bay – carrying signs that said “Coal Kills” and chanting “CSX has got to go!” – pegged their protest to a grim ...
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Despite protests, poetry and a cease-and-desist letter, Hopkins cuts down city trees for AI Institute

Johns Hopkins University went ahead and did it. It cut down nine trees on Remington Avenue for its Data Science and AI (DSAI) Institute project despite months of protests, a petition with more than ...
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Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning

There has been intense public interest in Mayor Brandon Scott’s package of zoning bills, including Bill 25-0066, which is now before the Baltimore City Council. The bill removes the single-family ...
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Baltimore mayor’s office spent over $890,000 on food, office parties and flowers, IG report finds

If you want to understand why Mayor Brandon Scott is intent on limiting access to city records by Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming, look no further. In a report issued today, the ...
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Behind the “bold vision” of Harborplace, a shift from people’s park to private development

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.
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Harborplace now: Empty shops, locked doors and a fabulous view

At Baltimore’s Inner Harbor this week, the air was warm, the sky was blue and the water shimmered. But the foot traffic was sparse, and it was easy to see why. With the two Harborplace buildings at ...