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Baltimore City Council president candidates pitch themselves to voters during first debate – Baltimore Sun | #citycouncil

The Democratic candidates for Baltimore City Council president made appeals to voters Thursday for why each is best positioned to hold the office during a debate hosted by WBFF FOX45. Appearing live from the station’s Baltimore studio, the Democratic field, which includes incumbent Council President Nick Mosby, Councilman Zeke Cohen and former Councilwoman Shannon Sneed, […]

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Mayor Scott makes 2024 ‘State of the City’ address

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott will speak Monday evening with a ‘State of the City’ address.Scott will be joined by city leaders at Baltimore Center Stage at around 6 p.m. He is expected to discuss investments in city youth, neighborhood development, public safety strategy and vacant housing plans, among other topics.The address comes less than […]

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PAC backed by Sinclair chairman/Baltimore Sun owner funds ad critical of Mayor Brandon Scott – Baltimore Sun

A political action committee backing Baltimore mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon has been airing a television commercial attacking Mayor Brandon Scott, the group’s first major expenditure of the campaign cycle. The ad, funded by Better Baltimore PAC, focuses on crime during the Scott administration, claiming the city is experiencing an “epidemic” of stolen cars and carjackings […]

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Baltimore City Council committee reviews vacant property disposition policy | #citycouncil

Baltimore City Council committee reviews vacant property disposition policy | WBAL Baltimore News 1168611348 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/107.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 99df15230ca360c1e2aa461c4dbd8a62d1f1fe9e 1 Click Here For This Articles Original Source.

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Sonia Eaddy joins the 2024 City Council Race for District 9 | #citycouncil

BALTIMORE — There is a new candidate in the Baltimore City Council race. Sonia Eaddy filed Friday as a Democratic candidate for District 9. She will be going up against incumbent John Bullock (D) for the seat. You may remember Eaddy. Back in 2022, she went up against the city in a decades-long battle to […]

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City Council President Nick Mosby files for re-election one day before deadline | #citycouncil

BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby is officially in the running for a second term. Mosby filed for re-election just one day before the deadline, joining Councilman Zeke Cohen and Shannon Sneed on the ballot. In March 2023, Mosby made it clear that he would seek re-election despite The Board of Ethics finding […]

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Mayor Brandon M. Scott touts crime reduction strategies and continued efforts in 2024

By Tashi McQueenAFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.com Mayor Brandon M. Scott says Baltimore City officials will double down on 2023 public safety efforts, which he says helped the City of Baltimore end with a 20 percent reduction in homicides. Photo courtesy of Office of the Mayor Baltimore City/J.J. McQueen Mayor Brandon M. Scott, alongside legislators and public […]

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11 TV Hill talks with Mayor Brandon Scott about 2024

11 TV Hill: Conversation with the mayor Updated: 11:30 AM EST Dec 24, 2023 IT’S BEEN A YEAR. FACED WITH NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR BALTIMORE CITY THIS MORNING WE TALK WITH MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT ABOUT WHAT MAY LIE AHEAD FOR THE CITY IN 2024, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING CRIME, UM, […]

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City Council fails again to pass resolution condemning Hamas | #citycouncil

The Baltimore City Council tried and failed a second time to pass a resolution condemning Hamas and antisemitism as the Israel-Hamas war continues.The first attempt came Monday when four members abstained from the vote.”I abstained from the vote on Monday because I know we have a vibrant Muslim population that was not included in this […]

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City Council fails to adopt resolution condemning Hamas | #citycouncil

Baltimore City Council fails to adopt resolution condemning Hamas Updated: 10:28 PM EST Dec 4, 2023 The Baltimore City Council failed to adopt a resolution condemning Hamas, moments after pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted the meeting.All but four councilmembers voted in favor of the resolution officially condemning the terrorist organization.Read the full text of the resolution here.Those […]

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