A generous campaign contributor and former Democratic Central Committee member, Kalman Finkelstein’s name was never mentioned as the Board of Estimates approved the expenditure.

The information turned up in a lawsuit filed by the family of Ellsworth Johnson-Bey against a nursing home chain; it’s one of multiple recent efforts by Maryland residents and advocates to target ...

BIG DOLLARS, LITTLE OVERSIGHT Police officers making more than $200,000 a year, over half of it in overtime. Patrol officers who make few arrests pulling down more than the mayor. Lieutenants and ...

A generous campaign contributor and former Democratic Central Committee member, Kalman Finkelstein’s name was never mentioned as the Board of Estimates approved the expenditure.

Out-of-work D.C. political operatives, mostly refugees from the Biden-Harris administration and Democratic National Committee, have found a welcome home with Mayor Brandon Scott. New hires at the ...

The terminal itself enjoys widespread support, but local residents and environmentalists worry that the details of dredging remain murky.

Maryland’s system of letting party operatives fill legislative vacancies has led to some recent embarrassments, such as the House Majority Whip’s daughter getting a seat in Annapolis after breaking a ...

The Brew and Baltimore Sun argued that the city ethics board violated the Maryland Public Information Act by obscuring who gave money to help the elected officials fight a federal probe ...

Coverage of Baltimore and the region for The Brew by Dan Rodricks. After writing an award-winning column for the Baltimore Sun for 46 years, Rodricks resigned in January 2025, a year after the Sun's ...

With its “community-driven, whole block, block-by-block” approach, ReBUILD Metro has started to counter six decades of disinvestment in some of East Baltimore’s most distressed neighborhoods – from ...