Louis Diggs

Baltimore city is getting ready to create its budget for fiscal year 2014--and its asking citizens how it should allocate those billions of dollars. We ask budget director Andrew Kleine how citizens can make their thoughts known through budgeting workshops.

The Sparrows Point steel mill and its surrounding communities will be recognized this weekend by the Maryland State Arts Council. We ask oral historians Elmer Hall and Louis Diggs about the significance of the towns on Sparrows Point.

At one point, Sparrows Point steel mill was the largest steel manufacturer in the world. With all that production came communities to support the steelworkers working in the mill. Now, those communities—and the way of life that developed around steelmaking--are being recognized by the Maryland State Arts Council.

Web Extra: Hall and Diggs on interest in Sparrows Point history.