Commentaryby David A. PlymyerNov 14, 2025

A frustrating game of hot potato in Baltimore County

The County Council may have violated the law when it went into closed session to discuss the appointment of a new county executive. But neither the inspector general nor the county attorney appears ready to call them out. [OP-ED]

Special SeriesCommentaryNov 13, 2025

No progress for Baltimore if it allows neighborhoods to cater only to “the people who own”

The city cannot thrive “if our housing is a one-size-fits-all solution,” the councilman said at a hearing on pending legislation to allow multi-unit housing in single-family-zoned neighborhoods [TRANSCRIPT]

Special SeriesCommentaryNov 12, 2025

A warning from Marble Hill: Zoning bill will reverse our historic Black neighborhood’s progress

By stripping away zoning safeguards, Bill 25-0066 encourages speculative buyers to divide up properties and exploit communities, this West Baltimore resident says. [OP-ED]

Culture & ArtsNov 11, 2025

Baltimore’s Confederate monuments: Now in an LA museum, they’re decidedly off their pedestals

Curators call the four bronze sculptures, still owned by Baltimore City, “a crystalline symbol of a white supremacist ideology.”

Nov 10, 2025

Baltimore sanitation and other municipal workers ratify new contract

Offering a generous wage package, the contract is an outgrowth of public pressure regarding hazardous conditions and low wages faced by sanitation workers. Still unresolved: who will become president of AFSCME Local 44.

Special SeriesNov 7, 2025

Baltimore officials under fire for homeless shelter conditions and adverse impacts on the community

Homelessness is on the rise but Mayor Scott’s homeless services director isn’t doing enough to protect clients and the community, City Council members and others say.

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Scott’s Zoning Deregulation Bills

Nov 13, 2025

No progress for Baltimore if it allows neighborhoods to cater only to “the people who own”

Homelessness and Housing

Nov 7, 2025

Baltimore officials under fire for homeless shelter conditions and adverse impacts on the community

Inside City Hall

Nov 3, 2025

Scott defends commissioning portraits of recent mayors, including two with criminal convictions

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A refresher from the archives

Business & Developmentby Mark ReutterMay 25, 2012

It takes a lot to cripple a century-old industrial powerhouse like Sparrows Point, but when you mix inept managers with antique equipment, a union in la-la land, a lousy market and a skinflint owner, you can do it. Here is an analysis of what went wrong.