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City school board revokes contracts of several schools
The Baltimore school board voted Tuesday night to not renew the contracts of several charter and other independently run schools — but deferred making decisions about whether most of them would close. In January, city schools CEO Andrés Alonso...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Financial Aid, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Colleges and Universities
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Mayor calls for trash pickup fee, 10 percent cut in city workforce
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer...
Tags: Local Government, Economy, Business and Finance, William H. Cole IV, Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace
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Del. Hattie Harrison fondly remembered at funeral service
Family, friends and a host of elected officials celebrated the life of East Baltimore Del. Hattie N. Harrison at the West Baltimore United House of Prayer for All People, in a ceremony borne on the spirited rasps of trombones and rhythmic clattering of...
Tags: Regional Authority, Music, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Disease, Government
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Hattie Harrison, longest-serving Md. delegate
Hattie Harrison, the matriarch of East Baltimore politics who often greeted colleagues as "Baby" and was known for her signature curled hair and Southern cooking, will be remembered at a funeral at noon Feb. 9. Mrs. Harrison died of heart disease...
Tags: Washington, DC, Talmadge Branch, PTA, Barbara A. Mikulski, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mayor plans to introduce tax program for city apartments
As part of her push to increase Baltimore's population, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to introduce legislation to the City Council next week that will provide generous tax breaks to builders of apartment buildings downtown and in six other...Tags: Property Tax, Taxation, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Credit and Debt, Bernard C. Young
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Support grows for city zoning plan to reduce liquor stores
A proposed zoning rule that would reduce the number of liquor outlets in Baltimore is garnering increased support among community members who believe it will make neighborhoods healthier and safer. The zoning change, part of the city's first zoning...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Fells Point, Dining and Drinking, Crime, Law and Justice, Sharon Green Middleton
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Officials, activists rally against violence targeted at gays
Activists, public officials and residents gathered Saturday outside an east Baltimore liquor store — where a man was severely beaten on Christmas Day — to protest violent attacks on gay people Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts...
Tags: Minority Groups, Hate Crimes, Anthony W. Batts, U.S. Department of Justice, Social Issues
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City parks agency turns over books for auditing
It's taken about three years of wrangling, but Baltimore's Department of Recreation and Parks has finally turned over a year of its financial books to city auditors. "I'm not jumping up and down yet," Councilman Carl Stokes, who chairs the council's...Tags: Interior Policy, Druid Hill, Housing and Urban Planning, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Accounting and Auditing
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Baltimore's 2012 homicide victims remembered at New Year's Eve vigil
For minutes on end New Year's Eve night, the names and ages of 216 men, women and children who were killed in Baltimore in 2012 were read out loud on the steps of the city's War Memorial — a somber recap of a violent year in which homicides rose....
Tags: New Year's Day, Hospitals and Clinics, Bernard C. Young, Anthony W. Batts, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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City Council approves tax breaks for 'Superblock' project
The Baltimore City Council on Monday granted preliminary approval to more than $20 million in tax breaks for the long-stalled "Superblock" development. The council's unanimous vote provides for $22.1 million in tax breaks to the developer, Lexington...
Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation, Banking
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Mayor: Young's budget changes are 'irresponsible'
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dismissed Thursday a package of budget changes proposed by Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, saying most of his proposals are "unadvisable, unworkable and irresponsible." "I cannot support them, and I encourage the...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Local Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Bottle tax hike could move forward Monday
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposed increase to the city's tax on bottle beverages is expected to move forward Monday after being corked up for months by a City Council committee. Council members, led by Council Vice President Edward Reisinger,...Tags: Andres Alonso, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Bill Henry, American Civil Liberties Union
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