Emily Sullivan

Mayor Brandon Scott has publicly declined an invitation to an April candidate forum staged by Fox45 and The Baltimore Sun, highlighting the hosts’ political connections.

In an interview, former Commissioner Michael Harrison, Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Commissioner Richard Worley provide new details about the events leading to the transfer of power.

Harrison, who has held the post since 2019, had faced intensifying rumors and questions that he would depart for another job.

Midday's theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck spotlights a new production of the 2006 musical inspired by the macabre and moving writings of Edgar Allan Poe.

Guest host Emily Sullivan of the Baltimore Banner recaps Wednesday night's public City Hall forum on the Baltimore budget, with perspectives from Banner reporter Adam Willis and political analyst Sophia Silbergeld.

The announcement came with two weeks left for homeowners to pay outstanding taxes, but housing advocates say only changes to state and local law can ensure the system is more just.

Both Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott penned letters to the Maryland General Assembly asking for the state to change the date of the 2024 primary Election Day.

Baltimore City's annual tax sale, designed to collect unpaid bills from delinquent city homeowners - is the focus of a Baltimore Banner investigation. We get three perspectives on tax sale problems, and possible solutions.

At a virtual hearing Monday afternoon, Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill agreed with the Baltimore City Ethics board that the Democrat solicited donations from controlled donors to a legal defense fund established for him and his wife, former City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

Under proposed law, parents or business operators - as well as their employees - can be cited and fined if they are found to “knowingly permit any minor to remain on the premises” during those hours.