Category: Baltimore News

Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) reached a settlement agreement with the Maryland Disability Law Center (MDLC) on Monday after 26 years of litigation. Filed in 1984, MDLC claimed city schools were failing to meet the needs of and provide adequate services to special education students, who comprise 15 percent of the system’s population. The agreement […]

More than 200 people walked the red carpet on Jan. 20 at Mo’s Seafood in Little Italy to celebrate the one year anniversary of the historic swearing in of President Barack Obama. The event, the only one of its kind in Maryland, was organized by the Arts Culture & Entertainment Group to honor 20 outstanding […]

After reviewing the qualifications of the seven candidates who interviewed for the 12th District City Council seat, Council members voted in Carl Stokes on Monday. With a $121 million budget deficit, the Council felt Stokes’ experience as a former councilman was best for the city at this time. He represented the 2nd District from 1987-1995. […]

Towson University has fired Professor Allen Zaruba for using the “N-word” during class. Zaruba, 58, used the racial slur in referencing himself as a worker on a “corporate plantation.” He said he takes full responsibility for using the word, but thinks the university may have gone overboard in his firing. “Yes, I made a mistake. […]

Around 600 students, parents and advocates rallied for education funding in Annapolis on March 1. Led by the Baltimore Education Coalition, protesters demonstrated against a proposed $60 million cut to Baltimore City’s education budget as well as a drop in the amount of money allocated by the state to individual schools based on student enrollment. […]

The last bill Stephanie Rawlings-Blake signed as City Council president has become one of her first priorities as mayor — restoring trust in city government. By introducing what she calls “some of the most sweeping ethics legislation in two decades,” Rawlings-Blake said taxpayers can expect their elected officials to be held accountable. She began the […]

After awaking to numbness and minor chest and abdominal pains around 3 a.m. on Thursday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake felt as if she was going to pass out and was taken to Sinai Hospital by her husband, Kent Blake. She was then transported to University of Maryland Medical Center where she underwent testing and observation by […]

Actors Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe were applauded for sharing the story of their daughter’s battle with spina bifida, a birth defect, at the third annual Cradle of Hope luncheon on Friday. But the real star of the show was infant mortality, which has not received enough credit for the leading role it plays […]

The mayor saved the worst for last at the 11th annual State of the City Address on Monday. After touting the improvements, accomplishments and points of pride within Baltimore in assurance that the city is “strong” despite its challenges, the meat of Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s speech supported her declaration that, “This $120 million deficit is brutal […]

City Hall completed its power shift on Thursday when the City Council voted on a new District 12 representative. Seven candidates – Frank W. Richardson, Arron Keith Wilkes, Rev. Rasheed Q. Ray, Charles U. Smith, Ertha Harris, Carl Stokes and Mike Schaefer– were interviewed during a public hearing Tuesday evening so Council members can fill […]

There were no tennis shoes, jeans or sweatshirts present at the Minority Business Summit’s “Men of Influence” luncheon on February 20, just neatly creased slacks, fashionable ties and double-breasted suits. But the only thing sharper than the dress code may have been the entertaining and sharp dialogue among the event’s guests. Inside the Billie Holiday […]

Bernard “Jack” Young has served on or chaired almost every Baltimore City Council committee over his tenure as a councilman. Now, he is pleased to use his experience as Baltimore City’s new City Council president. Affectionately referred to as “Jack,” the 14-year Council veteran is currently a member of the Task Force to Eliminate Illegal […]