AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJun 03, 2020 at 1:38 amFormer Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon launched her campaign to return to office proposing something of a gambit for voters.If they could agree to forgive her for a public corruption scandal that forced her from City Hall a decade ago, Dixon would make good on her reputation for running a competent government: Clean the streets and bring down crime as she had before, while never again running afoul of the law.AdvertisementAccording to early returns in the Democratic primary for mayor, many Baltimoreans ― faced with an unrelenting murder rate,...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunJun 03, 2020 at 1:38 amFormer Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon launched her campaign to return to office proposing something of a gambit for voters.If they could agree to forgive her for a public corruption scandal that forced her from City Hall a decade ago, Dixon would make good on her reputation for running a competent government: Clean the streets and bring down crime as she had before, while never again running afoul of the law.AdvertisementAccording to early returns in the Democratic primary for mayor, many Baltimoreans ― faced with an unrelenting murder rate,...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 05, 2020 at 8:39 pmAfter Maryland officials terminated a contract with a politically connected firm, lawmakers are calling for greater oversight of the millions of dollars the Hogan administration is awarding to companies through emergency purchases during the pandemic.“I appreciate the Governor’s quick actions to protect Marylanders, but we need to safeguard taxpayer dollars from unscrupulous companies, no matter what their connections," said House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat. "I’ve asked [the] Appropriations...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 05, 2020 at 8:39 pmAfter Maryland officials terminated a contract with a politically connected firm, lawmakers are calling for greater oversight of the millions of dollars the Hogan administration is awarding to companies through emergency purchases during the pandemic.“I appreciate the Governor’s quick actions to protect Marylanders, but we need to safeguard taxpayer dollars from unscrupulous companies, no matter what their connections," said House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat. "I’ve asked [the] Appropriations...WW…

AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 13, 2020 at 7:28 pmMaryland’s stay-at-home order will be lifted at 5 p.m. Friday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday, citing a slight two-week decline in hospitalizations statewide due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Republican governor is replacing the order with a that will not be enforced by the rule of law. It allows manufacturing, retail, haircuts and worship services to resume with limitations.AdvertisementThough the fight against the virus is “far from over,” Hogan said the state “can now at least begin to slowly recover.”Though Maryland residents...…AdvertisementBy Baltimore SunMay 13, 2020 at 7:28 pmMaryland’s stay-at-home order will be lifted at 5 p.m. Friday, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday, citing a slight two-week decline in hospitalizations statewide due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Republican governor is replacing the order with a that will not be enforced by the rule of law. It allows manufacturing, retail, haircuts and worship services to resume with limitations.AdvertisementThough the fight against the virus is “far from over,” Hogan said the state “can now at least begin to slowly recover.”Though Maryland residents...WW…