Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Following a consultant’s report that forecast a grim financial future for the city, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake rolled out a plan of bold reforms that she says will bring stability to city government and make Baltimore more attractive as a place to live and do business. The plan includes proposals for trash fees, lowering the city's property tax rate, getting city employes to contribute more to their pensions and firefighters to work longer hours. Ryan O'Doherty, the mayor's chief of communications and policy, answers listeners questions.

We talk about the lawsuit between Baltimore Comptroller Joan Pratt and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and examine how it's affecting the functioning of city government.

How many books can you fit into a library the size of a birdhouse? We ask Lesley Noll, library services coordinator at The Village Learning Place. They're planning to bring "little free libraries" to Charm City.

Baltimore's Democratic mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, seeking election to that office for the first time, kicks off our final series of one-on-one interviews of candidates prior to next week's city primary.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joins us in Studio A this hour. She’ll update us on the city’s plans to move forward with the Superblock development and other issues facing Baltimore.