by Mark ReutterNov 25, 2025
Mayor Scott denies trying to influence the upcoming Local 44 election
The City Hall ceremony took place when Local 44 President Stancil McNair was at work on his trash route.
Residents rally to say: Removing zoning guardrails will worsen racial disparities, not heal them
“We have heard every justification possible, every fallacy used to advance this bill,” protesters against Brandon Scott’s Baltimore upzoning measure said outside City Hall.
Sisson Street Task Force rejects Falls Road as site for trash drop-off center
With a location beside the Jones Falls taken off the table, the chair says the group’s work won’t be done by Mayor Scott’s December deadline.
Nov 24, 2025
No official announcement yet, but Local 44 re-vote is reportedly happening on December 6
Trevor Taylor, the losing candidate who triggered the election re-run, is out campaigning on social media.
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system, she says. [OP-ED]
Tensions flare as Middleton denounces Scott’s upzoning bill and supporters push back
Both sides point to issues of race as a sweeping bill to spur more multi-family housing in Baltimore is debated
The Drip
Your quick news fix
Nov 3, 2025
Scott defends commissioning portraits of recent mayors, including two with criminal convictions
Oct 12, 2025
Brew’s Shen and Reutter honored by Baltimore City Historical Society
Sep 2, 2025
Jennifer Bishop to talk about five decades of photography in Baltimore
Jul 30, 2025
Is Pat Young preparing the way for a flip-flop?
Jul 25, 2025
Nurses return to work after 24-hour strike at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital
Special Series
Scott’s Zoning Deregulation Bills
Nov 25, 2025
Residents rally to say: Removing zoning guardrails will worsen racial disparities, not heal them
Scott’s Sisson Trash Plan
Nov 25, 2025
Sisson Street Task Force rejects Falls Road as site for trash drop-off center
Homelessness and Housing
Nov 7, 2025
Baltimore officials under fire for homeless shelter conditions and adverse impacts on the community
Cold Brew
A refresher from the archives
Six reasons why the Sparrows Point steel mill collapsed
It takes a lot to cripple a century-old industrial powerhouse like Sparrows Point, but when you mix inept managers with antique equipment, a union in la-la land, a lousy market and a skinflint owner, you can do it. Here is an analysis of what went wrong.
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