Shortly after word arrived Monday that Joel Fitzgerald had withdrawn from the running to become Baltimore’s next police commissioner, Mayor Catherine Pugh said she would be “communicating further on the process” of picking someone. But that communication won’t be happening today.
The current director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice is headed up to Towson to take on a senior role with Baltimore County Executive-elect John “Johnny O” Olszewski, Jr.’s incoming administration.
In an apparent attempt to assuage concerns that she would privatize the city’s water system, Mayor Catherine Pugh on Monday announced a charter amendment to keep the utilities under the city’s stewardship.
Mayor Catherine Pugh and City Solicitor Andre Davis defended the mayor’s plans to seek an exemption from ethics rules so she can raise private money to fund city programs without needing approval in each instance.
Mayor Catherine Pugh today announced the city will start a nonprofit to invest in distressed neighborhoods that have for years been passed over for development.
In a new initiative being launched with 11 Baltimore hospitals, the City Health Department plans to certify each one that adopts “best practices” for treating patients who overdose on opioids or are struggling with addiction.
While touring parts of West Baltimore earlier this week to meet with residents and look at the progress from her administration’s Violence Reduction Initiative, Mayor Catherine Pugh set her sights on a rather odd nemesis: corner stores.
These exchanges were highlighted by The Sun‘s Luke Broadwater and WBAL’s Jayne Miller.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, alongside Mayor Catherine Pugh, appeared onstage during last night’s Eric B. and Rakim show at Baltimore Soundstage to “apologize for all the things that the police have done, dating back 200 years.”
The apology was met with boos.
All eyes on Harbor East! Baltimore’s most happening fashion district is unveiling this season’s hottest spring & summer looks on the runway at FashionEASTa, Harbor East’s 7th Annual Fashion Show.
