The Baltimore sanitation workers who scored an upset victory in last month’s union election say they are being kept in the dark and sidelined by top AFSCME officials.

Back in 2002, Baltimore entered into a consent decree with the EPA to end raw sewage overflows into local streams and the harbor. Delayed once, the city now wants another 16-year extension.

The Baltimore County Council last night approved a charter amendment to go before voters on the November 2026 ballot.

The celebrated City Paper co-founder and photojournalist, who favored shots from the street and witnessed dramatic changes in her city, will speak at the Pratt Library on Thursday.

Garbage and hazardous household waste don’t belong beside the Jones Falls “in a FEMA flood zone,” the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper says.

Environmentalists say the Moore administration has missed an opportunity to make progress toward reducing the runoff from roads and parking lots that floods communities and pollutes waterways.

Garbage and hazardous household waste don’t belong beside the Jones Falls “in a FEMA flood zone,” the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper says.

Ahead of the Planning Commission’s vote to grant air rights and subterranean rights for portions of the road, Councilwoman Ramos called the Data Science and AI Institute buildings “a monstrosity.” ...

“An immaculate inning is when a pitcher retires the side in order by striking out all three batters on three pitches.” ...

The winner of the AFSCME Local 44 election for president – a Baltimore sanitation worker turned activist – waits for confirmation to spring into action.

If fixing zoning mistakes was the bill’s real intent, it wouldn’t give the sole power to fix a mistake to the councilman who made it. [OP-ED] ...

Isabel Mercedes Cumming reviews how an unknown perpetrator deceived city employees. Some of the money was recovered thanks to an alert bank.