Category: Baltimore News

There have been several mayoral forums over the summer, but perhaps none has been more high-profile, or well-attended than the one hosted this week by the Empowerment Temple AME Church and its influential pastor, Jamal Harrison-Bryant. But, like all of the previous mayoral election events, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not participate, and her absence […]

It was an action packed protest. Gates slammed in protestors’ faces, the arrival of five police officers, allegations that children demonstrators were urinating in public and not a single response from the target – WBAL-TV. Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development or BUILD organization’s July 28 protest against the media’s coverage of the mayor’s race was […]

There were five mayoral hopefuls and a lone Republican, but no sign of the current mayor at the Aug. 2 debate forum at Empowerment Temple AME Church. Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele and radio host Marc Steiner questioned the candidates about their positions on education, crime and growing the city’s tax base. But throughout […]

A recently-released state audit found that Morgan State University awarded a handful of students incorrect sums of scholarship money during the 2009-2010 academic year. Four students were awarded less than promised in award letters and two received too much, according to a review of eight athletic and honors scholarships conducted by the state’s Office of […]

It was a slip of the pen, an “oversight,” that caused her to claim a Baltimore County property as her primary residence in a 2006 document, claimed City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway this week. “In this case Belinda Conaway simply signed a document by mistake, and she’s returning any of the tax credits gained from that […]

Yes, this is the same Dorothy Brunson who in 1979 bought WEBB radio station in “the Junction” of West Baltimore, preserving the story of James Brown – its first Black owner – Rocking Robin and many others whose voices resounded shift after shift, hailing the sounds of Motown and other budding labels. Even with her […]

Over the last few weeks, Baltimore’s mayoral candidates are firming up their stances on one of the election’s most hot-button issues – the city’s property tax rate. The city’s rate is more than double that of other counties at $2.268 per $100 of assessed value, compared to $1.10 in Baltimore County and $0.91 in Anne […]

Horns honked in support of over 100 federal employees and community leaders gathered the evening of July 25 outside of the Social Security Administration’s Woodlawn headquarters in protest. The message was heard loudly, and clearly read on signs directed at Congress: “Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!” The protest was organized by the Coalition […]

Several Baltimore County residents are up in arms about a new councilmanic redistricting plan that would shift Woodlawn’s Social Security Complex and thousands of residents out of the only Black lawmaker’s district. Represented by Councilman Kenneth Oliver, the 4th District is economically rich and home to several federal planned developments, coined the Woodlawn Enterprise Zone. […]

Circuit Court Judge Marcella A. Holland has been a pioneer since she was 12-years-old. As one of the first Black students to integrate the junior high school in her rural hometown of Cooksville, in Maryland’s Howard County, Holland set the stage for future “first” accomplishments. They include her prestige as the first Black woman appointed […]

More than a month after his nephew was murdered following an attempt to chase down a would-be robber, Congressman Elijah Cummings wants to ensure that other witnesses implicated in violent crimes are kept safe. Cummings on July 26 introduced the Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2011, which would allow the Attorney General […]