Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott

Judge Fletcher-Hill offered the city a retrial or lower payout.

The council must vote on any amendments to the mayor’s $4.6B budget proposal by June 26th.

Mayor Brandon Scott and leaders from three major health systems marked Gun Violence Awareness month with a resource fair at Mondawmin Mall’s parking lot, Monday.

The city has not had an official commissioner in nearly a year.

At an annual remembrance event Friday, city leaders acknowledged a reduction in student deaths from last year — but said it’s not enough.

The original teacher-led push to put universal cash payments for new parents on the ballot was deemed unconstitutional last November. Advocates are hoping it won’t happen again.

It is the lowest number of monthly homicides since the city began keeping monthly records in 1970.

The city is bracing for big changes from the Trump administration’s massive cuts.

“Baltimore is built different. So, we have to build different.”

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