Baltimore City Council

Here’s what voters had to share with WYPR reporters as they hit the polls.

Critics have said the ballot measure to shrink the Baltimore City Council will disenfranchise majority-Black neighborhoods. A Banner analysis found the vast majority of signers live in those neighborhoods and are Democrats. But why did they sign?

“We don’t have a sense of when it may happen again, we don’t have a sense of what to do differently,” Councilman Mark Conway said.

City voters have a wide variety of questions to decide this fall.

Promising projects are on the horizon but it could still be a while before the city sees new units under the law, says the housing commissioner.

Jovani Patterson, chairman of People for Elected Accountability and Civic Engagement, thinks that by slashing the size of that office, the city can redirect funding elsewhere. Detractors argue it will decrease representation.

Baltimore’s City Council is looking at a new and untested approach with a special financing package aimed at revitalizing blighted neighborhoods.

“If the rats have a food source, a water source, shelter, they're going to be around and no amount of bait we use will mitigate that.”

Two previous Maryland court cases raise questions about putting cash for new parents on November ballot

The bill will allow the city solicitor to implement certain rules to reap funds.