Category: NEWS

With less than two weeks until Maryland’s voters decide who returns to the State House, former Gov. Bob Ehrlich is on the run. Announcements on Oct. 19 – an endorsement from the Fraternal Order of Police, the reporting of significant fundraising and the release of polling data showing him closing the gap with Democratic incumbent […]

Habitat for Humanity, along with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, have changed dreams into reality for Tymeerah Butts and Lisa Griffin. They are two of the 10 Baltimore families becoming homeowners through the organization. The overall mission of the Habitat for Humanity is to eliminate poverty and homelessness from the world and […]

I only caught the last half-hour of the first O’Malley-Ehrlich debate, televised on WJZ last week. I tuned in just as the former governor trashed the former mayor of Baltimore’s record on crime. Ehrlich blasted O’Malley on the issue of so-called illegal arrests – while he was Baltimore’s mayor – a subject that continues to […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is being sued for $5 million by a former employee that claims she was forced from her job because she refused to fire a White colleague. Jennifer Coates, who is Black, served as director of council services for three Baltimore City Council presidents including Rawlings-Blake. She says she was forced to […]

Baltimore City residents voiced their opinions on Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) Company’s plan to raise base rates for consumers at a forum hosted on Oct. 13 by the Maryland Public Service Commission. It was the third of five meetings the regulators scheduled around the state. The first two were held in Bel Air and […]

The money is flying in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District. With less than two weeks until the district’s contentious House race between incumbent Rep. Frank Kratovil, D-Stevensville, and Republican challenger Andy Harris, spending has far eclipsed any other House race in the state – nearly three-quarters of all spending for House candidates has happened in the […]

Black people have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests.     CBC motto Taking a lesson from the Congressional Black Caucus motto, a diverse group of African-American stakeholders of Baltimore City came together to discuss its needs on Oct. 13. This group – young and old, student and professional, from diverse areas of […]

When the congregants of the New Psalmist Baptist Church attended services last Sunday, they had more to celebrate than faith and friendship. They are heralding a new era with the grand opening of The Holy City of Zion. Well over 3,000 worshipers packed the street in front of Marian Drive Saturday for the opening of […]