Lee O. Sanderlin

Baltimore voters are rejecting a Republican-backed measure to drastically shrink City Council, according to partial election results, and councilmembers are expressing optimism the trend will hold.

Maryland voters made history Tuesday, electing Angela Alsobrooks as the first Black woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.

Baltimore gets four more years of Scott and his progressive, if not incremental, agenda. For years, critics in more moderate Democratic circles have tried to paint Scott as ill-equipped for the job and a poor manager of people. His win has, in large part, taken their oxygen away. It also gives him a chance to cement a legacy as the mayor who put Baltimore back on track after decades of decline.

“It was kind of a gift that David Smith and the proponents of the bill gave this city,” said Zac Blanchard, who unseated a Smith-backed candidate in May.

The driver of the garbage truck accidentally backed into the sanitation worker, pinning him against a wooden light pole.

Democrats, reeling from the sting of losing the White House again to Donald Trump, may be looking for a new leader for the national party, and that person could be former Maryland Governor and Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley.

The settlement doesn't involve the exchange of money and required Jovani Patterson, the lone remaining plaintiff, to acknowledge the school system hadn't broken any laws, violated any rules and that its policies around truancy are sufficient. In return, the school system agreed to share data beyond what is legally required about student attendance, including how many students were promoted to the next grade level despite missing upwards of 30, 60 or 120 days of school.

The Baltimore Banner | By Lee O. Sanderlin Baltimore City Public Schools settled on Wednesday a long-running lawsuit brought by a Republican operative and financed by Sinclair, Inc executive and Baltimore Sun owner

O'Malley's candidacy to lead the committee comes at a time of soul-searching and finger-pointing in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory.

Graham’s departure is “effective immediately,” BOPA interim chair and CEO Robyn Murphy said at the close of a special meeting Wednesday. Murphy was temporarily appointed to both roles while the board searches for new leadership.