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Report finds $2.45 billion in city school building upgrades
Fifty Baltimore schools are so dilapidated or underused that they should be closed or rebuilt, according to a new report that also identified $2.45 billion in school infrastructure needs across the city. The findings, released Tuesday, were used by school...Tags: Northwood, Health, Andres Alonso, American Civil Liberties Union, Teaching and Learning
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Council discards cuts, approves mayor's budget plan
The Baltimore City Council reversed course Thursday, rejecting millions of dollars in budget cuts it had endorsed earlier in the week, and passing Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's original $2.3 billion spending plan. The abrupt shift derailed $6...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Helen Holton, Bill Henry, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Tax credit errors spur calls for audits
City and state lawmakers called Monday for stepped-up scrutiny of property tax credit programs in Baltimore, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found that chronic errors have cost the city millions of dollars in lost revenue, despite warnings...Tags: Justice System, Finance, Tax Credits, Human Interest, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Mayor plans to raise bottle tax to pay for school construction
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will seek to raise the city's bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents as part of a plan to boost funding for school construction and repairs, her administration said Thursday.
The bottle tax money and other revenue would...Tags: Helen Holton, Highlandtown, Lobbying, Services and Shopping, Finance
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Rawlings-Blake readies for battle over proposal to raise bottle tax
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is gearing up for a tough fight over her plan to raise Baltimore's bottle tax to pay for repairs to dilapidated city schools.
A bill to increase the 2-cent tax to 5 cents – and devote all bottle-tax...Tags: Finance, Bill Henry, Lobbying, Beverage Industry, Food Industry
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Court of Appeals dismisses Angelos' Superblock lawsuit
Maryland's highest court has cleared the way for the city to move forward with its plans for the long-delayed $152 million Superblock project. The Maryland Court of Appeals dismissed Friday a lawsuit by Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos that challenged the...Tags: Justice System, Laws, Preservation Maryland, Human Interest, Economic Policy
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City proposes tax break for Superblock apartment complex
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is asking Baltimore's City Council to award a hefty tax break to a long-stalled west-side development project.
Under legislation introduced by the administration, apartments to be built as part of the...Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation, Property, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Rentals
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Baltimore City ethics disclosures show disparity in reporting gifts
While many governments are moving toward posting ethics disclosure forms, residents of Baltimore still have to travel to City Hall and to a sixth-floor office to see the documents. To save you a trip, we're posting those forms from Mayor Stephanie...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Helen Holton, Harbor, Bill Henry, Values
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City Council members want more information in teen shooting
The lack of immediate answers in the case of slain 13-year-old Monae Turnage has left the community in limbo, Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said Thursday.
"I understand the protocols, but this family, and this city, needs to know what...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Bribery, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Murder, Edward L. Reisinger III
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City Council approves shrunken enterprise zone
The Baltimore City Council on Monday approved a new map for the city's enterprise zone that significantly realigns and diminishes its footprint, from 22,000 acres to 14,000 acres. The zone is designed to support investment in and improvement of...Tags: Harbor, Business, Robert W. Curran, Baltimore Development Corporation, Harbor East
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Activists call on city to spend $10.2M more on after-school programs, summer jobs
![Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69910700-12160845.jpg "Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore,\" 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.")
Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.
"Born and raised in the city,...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics
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Baltimore homestead tax credits: Gross inequality
![A homeowner should not pay more in property taxes than his two neighbors put together for their nearly identical homes. But that's exactly what Sun reporters <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/ScottCalvert">Scott Calvert</a> and <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/JamieSmithHopkins">Jamie Smith Hopkins</a> found in a comprehensive and unprecedented review of Baltimore City's homestead tax break program.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66817524-16145926.jpg "A homeowner should not pay more in property taxes than his two neighbors put together for their nearly identical homes. But that's exactly what Sun reporters <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/ScottCalvert\">Scott Calvert</a> and <a href=\"http://bio.tribune.com/JamieSmithHopkins\">Jamie Smith Hopkins</a> found in a comprehensive and unprecedented review of Baltimore City's homestead tax break program.")
A homeowner should not pay more in property taxes than his two neighbors put together for their nearly identical homes. But that's exactly what Sun reporters Scott Calvert and Jamie Smith Hopkins found in a comprehensive and unprecedented review of...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Tax Credits, Personal Income, Property Tax, Homes
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