Baltimore City budget

“We know this budget doesn’t prioritize the needs of the people.”

Baltimore City's budget director and the CEO of a leading grant organization explain why they oppose the Renew Baltimore plan, discussed here last week, to cut city property taxes by 40% over the next six years.

Many argued that at least part of the $560.4 million allocation to the department in Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposed budget could be put to better use.

Though some of the financial uncertainty caused by the pandemic remains, Baltimore finance officials project nearly $60 million budget surplus for fiscal year 2022.

Mayor Brandon Scott discusses the city's latest efforts to get more Baltimoreans vaccinated, as COVID infection rates rise.

Mayor Scott discusses priorities for American Rescue Plan funds, and his White House meeting on curbing gun violence.

Baltimoreans share budget concerns with the City Council at Taxpayers' Night. And WYPR will buy WTMD.

Nearly 70 Baltimoreans demanded the City Council cut $100 million from the Baltimore Police Department budget and reinvest the money in education, health and jobs at Taxpayers’ Night Thursday, as council members begin their fiscal year 2022 budget process.

Baltimore City’s spending board approved Mayor Brandon Scott’s first budget proposal Wednesday morning, with one abstention from Comptroller Bill Henry.

After nearly a year of calls to defund the police amid nationwide protests for racial justice, Comptroller Bill Henry and dozens of Baltimore residents criticized Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposed budget increase for the city police department at Taxpayers’ Night.