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Mid-Atlantic mega-storm is . . . mild-mannered in Baltimore.
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Mid-Atlantic mega-storm is mild-mannered in Baltimore | Baltimore Brew
Forecasts to the contrary, the Baltimore region escaped a second big snowstorm, like the one that blitzed New York/New Jersey and New England.
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UPDATE - @BaltimoreDPW responds, saying reports that the Back River sewage treatment plant has been overwhelmed with biosolids and has been releasing partially treated sewage into the river are not accurate.
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Amid worsening odor from the Back River plant, reports that sewage sludge has been backing up again | Baltimore Brew
Community members are concerned biosolids are being stored on the ground and washing into the river; documents show the plant stopped processing the material onsite months ago.
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Those orange paint chips that fell from the 28th Street Bridge that Baltimore officials said are of no concern? They ARE lead paint, the state confirms.
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Maryland Dept. of the Environment finds lead levels 36 times the standard limit. Violation issued, clean-up ordered.
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Paint flakes falling from the 28th Street Bridge contain lead and are hazardous, MDE says | Baltimore Brew
Maryland orders Baltimore officials, who initially denied the chips were lead or posed a hazard, to remove them from the ground and the Jones Falls and to prevent more paint from falling.
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The stinky smell is worse than ever, the red pollution warning light keeps flashing and insiders say sewage sludge is backing up and clogging the Back River treatment plant once again.
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Documents show they stopped processing the bio-solids there months ago.
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Amid worsening odor from the Back River plant, reports that sewage sludge has been backing up again | Baltimore Brew
Community members are concerned biosolids are being stored on the ground and washing into the river; documents show the plant stopped processing the material onsite months ago.
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, joining area inspectors general, supports the Baltimore IG’s records access fight. “Our members rely on clear, consistent access to public information to inform residents about how government operates and how public resources are used."
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MDDC Press Association, joining area inspectors general, supports Baltimore IG’s records access fight | Baltimore Brew
Both groups are pushing back on a Scott administration policy they say would “incapacitate” watchdog inspectors general and cut off an important source of information for reporters and the public,
https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2026/02/17/mddc-press-association-joining-four-inspectors-general-supports-baltimore-igs-records-access-fight/
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Looks like
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readers may see more AI-produced news stories like the ones published last week that
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quickly denounced as SLOP.
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Sun management: "To ignore this powerful tool would be a mistake.”
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Union denounces AI-generated news stories, as Baltimore Sun management predicts more of them | Baltimore Brew
Reporters are protesting after the recent publication of two news “analyses” about Gov. Wes Moore and President Donald Trump, produced with artificial intelligence tools: “It’s embarrassing, insulting...
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Offered at Council work session: amendments and arguments to allay concerns about Baltimore zoning bill.
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“An appeasement effort,” one opponent said. Stop ignoring “Black homeowners in legacy neighborhoods," Council Vice Chair Sharon Green Middleton said, to big applause.
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Offered at a Council work session: amendments and arguments to allay concerns about Baltimore zoning bill | Baltimore Brew
“An appeasement effort,” one opponent said, while Sharon Green Middleton drew applause with a plea to stop ignoring “the Black homeowners in legacy neighborhoods.”
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A non-binding "summary, nothing more," that "could have been written by a 2nd year law student."
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That's what AG Anthony Brown says about the "advice letter" used by the
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administration to restrict Inspector General Cumming's access to documents.
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Maryland AG: “It could have been written by a second-year law student” | Baltimore Brew
The “advice letter” used by the Scott administration to restrict the Inspector General’s access to records was “really just a summary, nothing more,” Attorney General Anthony Brown says.
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Maryland Supreme Court to hear anti-SLAPP lawsuit filed by Clipper Mill residents against two developers. At issue: Can people hit with a lawsuit found to be a malicious attempt to shut them up collect damages?
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Maryland Supreme Court to hear anti-SLAPP lawsuit filed by Clipper Mill residents against two developers | Baltimore Brew
At issue: Can people hit with a lawsuit found to be a malicious attempt to shut them up collect damages?
https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2026/02/12/maryland-supreme-court-to-hear-anti-slapp-lawsuit-filed-by-clipper-mill-residents-against-two-developers/
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Inspector General Isabel Cumming reveals her fight with the
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administration centers on her investigation of MONSE, the mayor’s violence prevention program
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She's going to court to fight for records after her Advisory Bd OKs hiring outside legal counsel.
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Baltimore Inspector General Cumming says she will go to court to fight for records | Baltimore Brew
The IG Advisory Board approves the hiring of outside legal counsel. Cumming reveals her fight with the Scott administration centers on her investigation of MONSE, the mayor’s violence prevention progr...
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Baltimore pastor says city’s sweeping zoning bill, which promises progress, may instead “deliver pain.”
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He joins residents and councilmen denouncing Bill 25-0066, as opponents plan online town hall tonight and the bill heads to committee on Thursday.
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Pastor says city’s sweeping zoning bill, which promises progress, may instead “deliver pain” | Baltimore Brew
Faith leader joins Baltimore residents and councilmen denouncing Bill 25-0066, as opponents plan an online town hall tonight and the bill heads to committee on Thursday.
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The
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administration’s latest assault on Baltimore's Inspector General - the city’s corruption watchdog - doesn’t hold up to legal scrutiny.
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. . . leaving a harsh question: what are they hiding? [OP-ED]
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Mayor Scott’s war on Baltimore’s inspector general: Part II | Baltimore Brew
The administration’s latest assault on the city’s corruption watchdog doesn’t hold up to legal scrutiny and raises a harsh question: what are they hiding? [OP-ED]
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Flaking orange paint from the 28th Street Bridge is littering Falls Road and the Jones Falls
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Chips resemble the lead paint flakes that fell in 2022 from Baltimore’s TV Tower. City officials don't believe they contain lead, but the MD Department of the Environment is testing them
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Flaking orange paint from the 28th Street Bridge is littering Falls Road and the Jones Falls | Baltimore Brew
The chips resemble the lead paint flakes that fell in 2022 from Baltimore’s TV Tower. City officials do not believe they contain lead, but MDE is now testing them.
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Amid copious campaign contributions, city officials approve developer’s marina in Canton for a heliport for the Baltimore Police Dept.
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Records we reviewed, for example, show Scott Plank's largess includes $20,000 to the Democratic Senate Caucus Committee.
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Amid copious campaign contributions, city officials approve developer’s marina for police heliport | Baltimore Brew
Scott Plank’s generosity to Baltimore electeds – including $20,000 to the Democratic Senate Caucus Committee – came ahead of the Board of Estimates’ approval yesterday of a $17.9 million lease deal.
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BREAKING - Citizen advisory board backs Inspector General Cumming's quest for unredacted records. Says restricting IT system and financial data hurts the Baltimore Office of the Inspector General's mission to identify waste, fraud & corruption in Baltimore city govt.
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Citizen advisory board backs Inspector General Cumming’s quest for unredacted records | Baltimore Brew
Without access to IT system data and financial records, the Office of the Inspector General cannot effectively identify and prevent waste, fraud and abuse in city government, the board says.
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Building renovations, rather than recent public controversies (i.e., those proposed skyrocketing pensions ), are the reasons for shutting down public testimony at tonight's Baltimore County Council meeting, officials say.
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Your voice won’t be heard at tonight’s Baltimore County Council meeting | Baltimore Brew
Building renovations, not recent public controversies, are the grounds for the cancellation of public testimony, council chair says.
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21 days ago
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THE OPPOSITE OF TRANSPARENCY:
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has launched an attack on the Baltimore Office of the Inspector General. Here's why its legal basis is flawed, and why residents and electeds need to take a stand against City Hall overreach and potential coverups [OP-ED]
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An alarming and baseless attack on Baltimore’s inspector general | Baltimore Brew
Mayor Brandon Scott and his law department are making bogus claims to deny Isabel Mercedes Cumming access to records needed for her watchdog role. [OP-ED]
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Hoisting Bible quotes and hurling F-bombs, wearing Ravens hats and eerie Handmaid's Tale outfits, hundreds turned out in Baltimore yesterday with one message: "ICE out of Baltimore."
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A blunt message from a big Baltimore crowd: Shut down ICE.
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"ICE’s reign of terror on neighborhoods across the country has been more blatant than ever," speakers said, before hundreds took to the streets.
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A blunt message from a big Baltimore crowd: Shut down ICE | Baltimore Brew
Between the continuing chaos in Minneapolis and ICE’s apparent plan to turn a warehouse in Hagerstown into an ICE detention facility, they had plenty to protest today.
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In 2017, Zeke Cohen, Brandon Scott and Bill Henry collectively had $47,000 in campaign funds. Last year, as Baltimore's top electeds - they got $709,848.
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What went to whom in 2025 ... from Alex Smith's Atlas Restaurant Group to Johns Hopkins University.
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Campaign Dollars: What a difference eight years makes for Baltimore’s three top electeds | Baltimore Brew
Rising from the City Council to a seat on the Board of Estimates yields a flood of campaign cash. What went to whom in 2025, from Alex Smith’s Atlas Restaurant Group to Johns Hopkins University.
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Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Cumming says the
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administration is blocking an investigation and has denied her office access to city records. "We basically cannot do our jobs," she tells
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Baltimore IG Cumming says the Scott administration is blocking her investigations | Baltimore Brew
On Saturday, the OIG was denied access to city records. Today the inspector general fired back, saying, “We basically cannot do our job.”
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Pension Bonanza to Baltimore County Councilmen. The simple solution is to repeal legislation that has so ANGERED the public, the author writes. But will the 7 lawmakers who benefit do the right thing? [OP-ED] by David Plymyer.
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Getting members of the Baltimore County Council to eliminate their pension windfalls won’t be easy | Baltimore Brew
The simple solution is to repeal Bill 40-24. The question is: will lawmakers do it? [OP-ED]
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Yesterday’s killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis sparked protests across the country, including in Baltimore where about 150 people gathered to decry ICE actions.
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Baltimore Brew was there [VIDEO added to last night's story]
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Protest breaks out in Baltimore after latest killing by federal agents in Minneapolis | Baltimore Brew
After ICU nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot today in Minneapolis, about 150 people demanded an end to President Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown here and across the country.
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Baltimore turns out to protest after latest killing by federal agents in Minneapolis.
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About 150 gathered to denounce Donald Trump's immigration crackdown after the fatal shooting today of Alex Pretti. "ABOLISH ICE" and "IT WAS MURDER," signs said.
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Protest breaks out in Baltimore after latest killing by federal agents in Minneapolis | Baltimore Brew
After ICU nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot today in Minneapolis, about 150 people demanded an end to President Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown here and across the country.
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UPDATE: @patyoung4baltco weighs in on the Baltimore County Council pension boost.
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"This moment calls for restoring trust - including revisiting policies that create the appearance or reality of insider benefit."
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Candidate Nick Stewart calls for repeal of Baltimore County Council pension measure | Baltimore Brew
Julian Jones, on the other hand, says he will seek a charter amendment, while Izzy Patoka says he will not approve the proposed salary hike.
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Horrifying. Nauseating. This occupation must end.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Meanwhile Councilmen Julian Jones and Izzy Patoka have their own ideas about how to deal with the growing public backlash over proposed big jumps to their salary and pensions.
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, candidate for Baltimore County executive, calls for repeal of legislation that would double the pensions of some county council members. Calls the measure "a moral outrage."
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Candidate Nick Stewart calls for repeal of Baltimore County Council pension measure | Baltimore Brew
Julian Jones, on the other hand, says he will seek a charter amendment, while Izzy Patoka says he will not approve the proposed salary hike.
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about 1 month ago
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Homeless man says he’ll cope as Baltimore girds for a major assault by snow and ice.
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“We got a propane burner in there,” Mad Max says, preferring his lifestyle to a city shelter as the biggest winter storm in years approaches.
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Homeless man says he’ll cope as Baltimore girds for a major assault by snow and ice | Baltimore Brew
“We got a propane burner in there,” Mad Max says, preferring his lifestyle to a city shelter as the biggest winter storm in years approaches.
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Four Baltimore County Council members - @crandell @julianejonesjr @WadeKach & @CouncilmanIzzy - are positioned to DOUBLE their pensions . . . thanks to legislation they enacted. The full story:
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Four Baltimore County Council members are now in a position to double their pensions | Baltimore Brew
County lawmakers are set to boost their salaries and feather their retirement nests this year.
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FOOD INSECURITY FLAP: A Baltimore church replaces weekly hot meals for the needy with a community fridge, saying it'll feed more ppl
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Petition signed by 1,000+ says 'Yes, but don't end a 15-year-old tradition of serving hot and healthy meals face to face.'
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Church under fire for replacing weekly hot meal for the needy with a community fridge | Baltimore Brew
Govans Presbyterian leaders say a refrigerator accessible 24/7 is a good way to feed the food insecure. But Soul Kitchen’s legions of fans ask: Why end a 15-year-old tradition of serving hot and healt...
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about 1 month ago
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Appeals court won’t redo hearings in Marilyn Mosby fraud and perjury cases.
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Her attorneys had sought a rehearing on her perjury convictions. Federal prosecutors had wanted one on the mortgage fraud conviction, which the appeals court threw out in July.
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Appeals court won’t redo hearings in Marilyn Mosby fraud and perjury cases | Baltimore Brew
The order leaves intact the court’s July decision to uphold the two perjury charges against the former Baltimore State’s Attorney and throw out her mortgage fraud conviction.
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Citing “affordability,” Baltimore DPW defends moving the sewage consent decree deadline to 2046.
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Another blown deadline? Moving the goalposts? No, Baltimore officials explained last night - it's "an adaptive management approach."
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Citing “affordability,” DPW defends moving sewage consent decree deadline to 2046 | Baltimore Brew
Environmental advocates condemn “moving the goalposts” on overdue upgrades; Baltimore officials last night called their request for 16 more years “an adaptive management approach”
https://tinyurl.com/5ktya5ad
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Another 16-year delay to end sewage overflows in Baltimore? Enough is enough, say
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and other groups
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The
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administration says it needs until 2046 to complete repairs first ordered in 2002
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Another 16-year delay to end sewage overflows in Baltimore? Advocacy group says enough is enough | Baltimore Brew
The Scott administration says it needs until 2046 to make improvements first ordered in 2002. “Meet the consent decree, don’t just move the goalposts,” Blue Water Baltimore retorts.
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reposted by
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Jon Collins
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ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs." Via reporter
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ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
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‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/01/13/minnesotans-describe-their-encounters-with-ice-agents
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MORE TREE-CUTTING- the big oak trees on the site of Johns Hopkins’ Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) are coming down now…..
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Data displayed briefly last night showed Sisson Street is by far the city's most popular trash & recycling center. Also clear last night: Baltimore DPW wants to close it.
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Never mentioned at the task force meeting: Developer Seawall's desire to buy it.
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Despite Sisson Street’s popularity, DPW is angling to close it | Baltimore Brew
Data displayed briefly at last night’s task force meeting showed it is Baltimore’s most frequently used trash and recycling facility – unmentioned was developer Seawall’s desire to buy it.
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Complaints are filed with state and city about
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handling of zoning bills.
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Reservoir Hill leaders allege committee hearings violated the ADA and the Maryland Open Meetings Act; no comment from
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Complaints filed with state and city about Councilman Dorsey’s handling of zoning bills | Baltimore Brew
Reservoir Hill leaders allege that recent committee hearings on sweeping zoning changes violated the ADA and the Maryland Open Meetings Act. No comment from Dorsey or Council President Zeke Cohen.
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Despite protests, poetry and a last minute cease-and-desist letter accusing Johns Hopkins - and Baltimore city - of stonewalling the community, JHU yesterday went ahead and cut down those trees on Remington Ave. for its Data Science & AI Institute project.
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Despite protests, poetry and a cease-and-desist letter, Hopkins cuts down city trees for AI Institute | Baltimore Brew
The red oaks along Remington Avenue, beloved by local residents, have been the flashpoint for a project that has fueled resentment toward the city’s biggest employer.
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.@BaltimoreDPW is authorized to hire 45 more trash and recycling workers to improve service following intense criticism of working conditions and route reliability.
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DPW is authorized to hire more trash and recycling workers to improve service | Baltimore Brew
45 new positions are created for Baltimore garbage pickups following intense criticism of working conditions and route reliability.
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about 2 months ago
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REVEALED: the final cost of fixing the Lake Montebello sinkhole - three times above the original cost, with $20M of the $30M never disclosed to the Board of Estimates or to the public.
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The final cost of repairing the Lake Montebello sinkhole is revealed . . . and it’s a lot | Baltimore Brew
$30 million was spent on a project originally slated to cost $11 million – and the Board of Estimates was never informed.
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about 2 months ago
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Exaggerated reporting about squatters benefits landlord profits over tenant rights.
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Maryland lawmakers should reject the Evict-First-Ask-Questions-Later legislation being pushed by conservative media and think tanks here and across the country. [OP-ED]
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Exaggerated reporting about squatters benefits landlord profits over tenant rights | Baltimore Brew
Evict First, Ask Questions Later laws – being pushed in Maryland by conservative think tanks and media – will unfairly target vulnerable renters, including domestic violence survivors, families with s...
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about 2 months ago
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Bill Henry kicks off a hearing on the Baltimore Children & Youth Fund by saying it’s been subject to unfair media coverage
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He apologized that he and other architects of BCYF “completely ignored the optics” of a taxpayer-funded entity that wd make it vulnerable to media scrutiny.
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Comptroller Henry kicks off hearing on Baltimore Children and Youth Fund by saying it’s been subject to unfair media coverage | Baltimore Brew
Henry said he and other early architects of BCYF “completely ignored the optics” of a taxpayer-funded entity that would make it vulnerable to scrutiny by the media.
https://tinyurl.com/58rnueuc
2 months ago
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Community takes its case against Johns Hopkins DSAI project to City Hall, and loses.
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Saying concerns about the Data Science & AI Institute were being ignored,
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had wanted deferral of the approvals Hopkins sought: “The lack of transparency is astounding.”
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Community takes its case against Johns Hopkins’ DSAI project to City Hall, and loses | Baltimore Brew
Saying residents’ concerns about the Data Science and AI Institute were being ignored by the university, Councilwoman Ramos wanted city leaders to defer the approvals it sought: “The lack of transpar...
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Today’s hearing on the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund could lead to much-needed accountability.
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Right now, sketchy grantmaking and lack of meaningful outcomes reporting make it hard to say if the funds are going to grassroots groups as intended. [OP-ED]
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Today’s hearing on the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund could lead to much-needed accountability | Baltimore Brew
The funds are supposed to go to grassroots groups. Is that happening? It’s hard to say due to BCYF’s sketchy grantmaking and lack of meaningful outcomes reporting. [OP-ED]
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.@Zeke_Cohen confirms
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reporting, says locksmith contract was inflated by $3 million.
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“There was an error in the calculation,” resulting in a 340% price increase that somehow city agencies and the mayor’s and comptroller’s offices ... didn't catch.
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Council President Zeke Cohen confirms Brew reporting, says locksmith contract was inflated by $3 million | Baltimore Brew
“There was an error in the calculation,” the Department of General Services tells Cohen, that resulted in a 340% price increase that city agencies and the mayor’s and comptroller’s office did not catc...
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BREAKING Despite passionate pleas from residents and
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, Bd of Estimates ok's MOU allowing Johns Hopkins to make stormwater improvements on Wyman Park Drive to include tree cutting and, during construction, shutting the road down
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[this story to be updated]
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City asked to approve stormwater upgrades for Johns Hopkins data institute that will require tree cutting | Baltimore Brew
North Baltimore residents who have been critical of JHU’s Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) project have targeted the request on today’s Board of Estimates agenda.
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City asked to approve stormwater upgrades for Johns Hopkins planned data science and AI buildings that will require tree cutting.
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Neighborhood critics of the DSAI project have targeted two items on today's Board of Estimates agenda.
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City asked to approve stormwater upgrades for Johns Hopkins data center that will require tree cutting | Baltimore Brew
North Baltimore residents who have been critical of Johns Hopkins University’s Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) project have targeted the request on today’s Board of Estimates agenda.
https://tinyurl.com/mwsb759v
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Outgoing Inspector General Kelly Madigan calls for more transparency and higher standards in Baltimore County, as she heads out the door.
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We recap some of her investigations that ruffled feathers ... and the harsh attack from two council members that she survived.
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IG Kelly Madigan calls for more transparency and higher standards in Baltimore County | Baltimore Brew
The County Council ignores recommendations by the outgoing inspector general to improve the office’s ability to root out waste and fraud.
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