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U.S. attorney subpoenas City Council

May 30, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Baltimore City Council members in a wide-ranging investigation into their hiring practices, acceptance of gifts and loans, and relations with two local businessmen. Council members have...

Ethics Board finds council violated law with passes

May 30, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

The entire Baltimore City Council violated the city's ethics law by accepting and, in most cases, not disclosing free parking passes from a company doing business with the city, according...

Panel suggests council fire kin

May 30, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

The three Baltimore City Council members who employ siblings as their assistants are violating city ethics law and should fire their relatives or face possible fines, according to a Board...

City Council President Sheila Dixon (left), with daughter Jasmine Hampton, thanks her supporters after winning her primary.

Council incumbents rack up victories

April 5, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Sheila Dixon easily fended off a challenge from a City Council colleague to win the Democratic nomination for council president last night, as Baltimore voters overwhelmingly gave the incumbent's political...

Two facing council president in primary pledge to oppose nepotism on city panel

May 30, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Two challengers to City Council President Sheila Dixon recently pledged to oppose nepotism in city government, criticizing Dixon and others for hiring relatives despite prohibitions in city law. Former Councilman...

O’Malley takes race for mayor to airwaves

April 5, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Baltimore's election season takes to the airwaves today, when Mayor Martin O'Malley's first two campaign commercials portray the heavily favored incumbent as a regular guy and a stately politician. In...

Practices, perks of council members raise ethics issues

May 30, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

For the dozens of candidates trying to win seats on the Baltimore City Council, victory may bring more than the prestige of elective office. As the incumbents know, the job...

Keating drops bid for mayor; 5 challengers to O'Malley remain

May 30, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Attorney Anton J.S. Keating said yesterday that he is abandoning his campaign against Mayor Martin O'Malley, further narrowing the incumbent mayor's competition in the Sept. 9 Democratic primary. Keating, 59,...

Polling swayed mayoral race

May 30, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

Two candidates considered to have the best chances of unseating Mayor Martin O'Malley decided this week against challenging the incumbent in September because a lesser-known challenger refused to bow out....

Primary in city is stirring debate

May 30, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

As City Council and mayoral candidates scurry to meet tonight's deadline to declare their candidacies for the Sept. 9 primary, more debate is swirling around electoral procedures than around politicians....

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