Doug Donovan

A Baltimore City Council hearing yesterday on a proposed ethics law that claims to be "raising the bar" on the conduct of elected and city officials was dominated by questions...

Former Maryland State Police Superintendent Edward T. Norris, who is fighting federal public corruption charges, has breached the conditions of a city grant program that gives a financial break to...

The city's Board of Estimates hired two prominent defense attorneys yesterday to advise City Council members during a wide-ranging federal probe into their official and personal finances. The board's decision...

The city's Board of Estimates is set this morning to hire two attorneys -- for hourly rates up to $375 -- to assist City Council members with a pending federal...

Several Baltimore City Council members reported in disclosure forms filed this week that they have returned or destroyed certain gifts of complimentary passes that ethics officials questioned last month. The...

All but two of the Baltimore City Council's 19 members have acknowledged receiving subpoenas from federal prosecutors investigating the elected officials' finances, hiring practices and dealings with two local businessmen....

Federal prosecutors have expanded their wide-ranging investigation into the Baltimore City Council by subpoenaing the records of at least eight more members. With the latest round of subpoenas, 15 of...

Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon struck a more conciliatory tone yesterday on ethics issues as she set a date for firing her sister, a move intended to address concerns...

Members of the Baltimore City Council lashed out at the city's ethics director last night for criticizing their hiring of relatives and receiving gifts from companies doing business with the...

Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon said yesterday that she will fire her sister as a council assistant to comply with a local ethics law, a move that comes as...