What happens when a college evaluates academic programs like they’re investment opportunities? Apparently it loses its history and philosophy departments, in a scenario for the University of Baltimore.
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UB Used a ‘Shark Tank’-Style Game to Evaluate Academic Programs
‘Recycled,’ Not ‘Returned’: How City Schools May Have Actually Lost Out on $66 Million to Fix Schools
The figure $66 million has popped up again and again during the recent debate on heating and facilities repairs at city schools.
Water Bills Will Soon be Too Expensive for More than Half of Baltimore Households, Report Says
Baltimore’s ongoing water and sewer rate hikes are fast becoming too expensive for most of the city, according to a new report by an independent economist.
Thursday Morning Headlines: Council, Mayor Pugh Make Budget Deal; Adnan Syed Back in Court Today; and More
New Poultry Plant Brings Jobs To Blighted Baltimore Community – CBS Baltimore
UMBC eyes major expansion at research and technology park – Techinical.ly
Family of Darius Clark receives settlement from the city of Baltimore – Fox45
Baltimore City Council, mayor reach budget deal – Baltimore Sun
Maryland court to hear bid for new trial in ‘Serial’ murder case – Reuter
Friday Morning Headlines: Council Votes to Defund Mayor’s Budget Office; Where Would Your Favorite ‘The Wire’ Character be Today?; and More
Music recording program teaches reading literacy in Baltimore — ABC2
Kim Morton quietly assumes position of Mayor Pugh’s chief of staff — Baltimore Brew
City Council panel votes to eliminate funding for mayor’s budget office — WBAL-TV
Orioles Not Faring Well In Early All-Star Voting Results — PressBox
Where Are the Characters From ‘The Wire’ Now? — The Ringer
City Schools Officials Hand Out 115 Pink Slips, Most of Them Outside of District Office
Baltimore City Public Schools is set to lay off 115 full-time employees this month, most of them in actual schools, rather than the central district office on North Avenue.
Friday Morning Headlines: Carousel in Inner Harbor is No More; Cummings Inquires About Facial Recognition Technology; and More
Rep. Elijah Cummings wants to know all about Baltimore’s use of facial recognition technology — City Paper
Baltimore Leaders Slam Proposed Trump Budget Cuts — Afro
Novel Adaptation “Jazz” Debuts At Baltimore Center Stage — CBS Baltimore
Baltimore Apartment Complex Sells For $31M — Bisnow
Inner Harbor carousel packs up its wooden horses — Baltimore Brew
President Trump Still Plans to Eradicate Chesapeake Bay Program Funding Next Year
With the release of his full 2018 budget proposal, Donald Trump today made it clear he intends to keep his promise to make massive federal spending cuts next year. And despite plenty of pushback from Congress, the president still plans to do away with the $73 million set aside for the Chesapeake Bay Program, a 34-year-old bipartisan effort to clean up North America’s largest estuary.
Maryland’s Members of Congress Pushing for New FBI Headquarters with Funds Now Earmarked in Budget Bill
Buried within the language of a newly announced $1 trillion omnibus budget bill in Congress is a half-billion-dollar stipulation for a new FBI headquarters that could greatly benefit the State of Maryland.
Gov. Hogan Proposes Nearly $24 Million in Additional Funding for City Schools
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday offered to help Baltimore City Schools bridge a $130 million funding gap for next school year in a deal with some attached “fiscal accountability requirements,” though one Maryland lawmaker says his offer may be for naught.
