Baltimore City

Released early Wednesday morning, Mayor Brandon Scott’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 tries to close an $85M budget gap without cutting services.

The family wants more investigatory materials and another public hearing.

A cadre of elected officials and victims families gathered near the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse during its first year anniversary.

WYPR news is marking the anniversary with an audio montage of what happened that day.

Both city and county residents report life disruptions.

Half a dozen local immigration lawyers and one former detainee spoke with WYPR about the conditions at the facility.

The state labor department found that on August 2nd, workers like Ronald Silver II were subject to direct sunlight with a heat index of 108 degrees.

Johns Hopkins researchers believe their findings represent the first assessment of how Baltimore-area residents think about climate change.

During the time of the investigation, two sanitation workers died from illness or injury on the job. While the report does not detail their causes of death, it provides insight into the conditions they experienced before they died.

CEO Sonja Santelises says an “outdated and archaic” digital system is to blame for most of the issues found in the recent report.