Baltimore City

The City of Baltimore only has two contractors, found through a standardized procurement method, to do demolition work. A prominent group member questioned if that was enough to meet the city’s need as it ratchets up its goal of reducing 5,000 vacant properties in five years.

The initial funds will go to setting up a governance structure for the money.

Nearly half of that, about $33 million, went to the Baltimore City Fire Department to cover overtime for sworn positions and unexpected contracting costs for fire and EMS services.

During the hours-long meeting, council members grilled representatives not just about the hikes, but also winter shut-offs, power restoration following storm outages, and poor completion of road work.

“Everybody stands a chance. Even some of the craziest, most unique things can find their way into the game.”

The mayor says the location change is part of his Downtown Rise initiative, which aims to reinvigorate downtown.

The lawsuit alleges that Glock makes pistols that are easily compatible with auto sears, attachments that essentially turn the pistols into automatic weapons.

At a news conference Monday, City Council President Zeke Cohen announced that Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleiffer, who chairs the Legislative Investigations Committee, will lead a series of investigations into the sole utility’s rate increases.

This comes after months of insisting from the Maryland DOL that citations are due within six months of the incident.

Baltimore receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money. The city is suing President Donald Trump.