Category: Baltimore News

I’ve covered Annapolis for a few years now – first as a reporter and now as a commentator – and I haven’t discovered even a fraction of all the nooks and crannies inside the State House. For example, I had never been on or even noticed the sliver of an elevator tucked away behind the […]

ANNAPOLIS — Supporters of a bill to replace a statue of Maryland founder John Hanson in the U.S. Capitol with a statue of Harriet Tubman are saying opponents are too emotionally attached to the status quo. Led by Delegate Susan Lee, D-Montgomery, supporters of the bill held a press conference Tuesday, calling Tubman “a hero […]

The city health commissioner says the recent expansion of a healthy foods program providing low-income Baltimore residents with easier access to produce and quality fare is one of the city’s best attempts to address grave health disparities reported among city neighborhoods. On Jan. 31, Baltimore officials announced that the city’s virtual supermarket program called Baltimarket, […]

Instead of roaming Baltimore City’s streets last Halloween, Kenneth Franklin, a 17-year-old Upland resident, spent his holiday evening playing basketball and lifting weights in his neighborhood Druid Hill Y Center. The decision may have saved his young life. Days later, Franklin discovered that one of his fellow Y friends had been shot and killed Halloween […]

As video game casinos continue to pop up around Maryland – the most recent opening just miles outside Ocean City earlier this month – the status of Baltimore slots remains in limbo. City officials say they aren’t accepting bids for a Baltimore venue until a string of legal issues stemming from the last, and only, […]

Commencing his first full semester post-inauguration, Morgan State University President Dr. David Wilson unveiled a strategic plan intended to spearhead infrastructure upgrades, encourage community development and double student enrollment over the next 10 years. The newly minted leader, who was inaugurated last October, said his plan will boost enrollment by expanding competitive research and academic […]

Three weeks after their contentious appointment of William “Pete” Welch to his mother’s vacated ninth district seat, city council members are proposing changes to the vacancy filling process. Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Councilman William H. Cole have introduced a rule change that would require 11 residents of the vacated district to serve […]

Gov. Martin O’Malley unveiled his much-anticipated 2012 state budget proposal last week, apparently closing a $1.3 billion projected budget shortfall by reforming the state’s pension system, consolidating governmental offices and calling for deep cuts to Medicaid. Yet, the budget freezes K-12 funding, slightly raises college tuition, proposes no tax increases or state furloughs and somehow […]

After demolishing Bob Ehrlich last November in the General Election, Martin O’Malley officially began his second and final term as Maryland governor with his inauguration last week, the first full week of work for the 2011 version of the Maryland General Assembly. And the governor, the House and the Senate are all still staring at […]

A group of independent Black journalists and community activists are demanding comment from freshly sworn-in State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein about his dismissal of felony charges against a Jewish man accused of attacking a Black teenager in Northwest Baltimore last November. Last week, Bernstein’s office would not comment on the felony assault charge they dropped against […]