Image courtesy of The Baltimore Sun/ Gene Sweeney Jr. Bernard C. “Jack” Young won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to keep the office for four more years. Young is a 15-year veteran of the city council. According to the Baltimore Sun, Young said he would not take his victory for granted. “That’s not my nature. People shouldn’t […]

Photos by @robinrazzi Thousands of area kids flooded North Avenue to take part in the City’s Back 2 School Rally. Many of the vendors did not make it out to the event, probably a result of the earthquake that rocked the city less than an hour before the event kicked off, but the kids were […]

City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young has traveled throughout Baltimore in an attempt to spend time with residents in their own backyards. Along the way he’s brought his popular Meet & Greet series to neighborhoods throughout Baltimore. Now it’s time for him to visit with his neighbors in Southwest Baltimore. Location: Hunting Ridge Presbyterian […]

Photo by Mark L. Dennis Via: wbaltv.com Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivered her second State of the City address Monday. The mayor called for the city to tackle its budget problems head-on, even if it means having a different way of doing business. Rawlings-Blake said she wants to end the year-after-year cycle of deficits and put the […]

VIA: WJZ-TV Baltimore City councilwoman Helen Holton decided to take the plea deal in the City Hall corruption case. The agreement with prosecutors will eliminate the charges of campaign finance irregularity and she will instead be ordered to pay a fine, of $2,500 and to be placed on unsupervised probation. Under this agreement, one charge […]

Via: Baltimore Sun This summer only 5,400 young people have been placed in summer jobs, down from 7,000 jobs just last year. Mayor Rawlings-Blake was able to preserve $1.6 million to the program despite the city budget constraints. “Students are matched with jobs in the city’s fastest-growing fields, such as biotechnology, hospitality and medicine”, said […]

Via: WJZ-TV 17-year-old John Crowder was shot and killed Monday morning just two blocks away from his grandmother’s home. The victim, his cousin and a friend were walking home and were all shot. Crowder was already being sought out by colleges to play football. He just moved back into the city a month ago after […]

Via: The Baltimore Sun According to reports hundreds of Baltimore City employees over the past three years have earned overtime pay equal to more than half their annual salary, even as finances are an issue for the city. Among those paid the highest overtime are 36 police officers and a firefighter who took home more […]

Via: The Baltimore Sun Over 115,000 retirees and beneficiaries will not see a cost-of-living adjustment in next month’s check. Retirement payments are scheduled to drop. According to Keith Brainard, research director of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators said that some pension plans place floors and ceilings on the increases. The Baltimore City pension […]

Via: Baltimore Sun The Baltimore City Council is considering cutting over $90 million in fire and police pensions in order to save the city money. This has made the fire and police unions threaten legal action. The City Council is pretty confident their plan will not be enacted the way it is currently written. The […]