Councilwoman Phylicia Porter

The bill proposal was done in collaboration with advocacy coalition With Us For Us.

The first hearings since litigation with companies will start after a judge awards abatement funds to the city.

“If the rats have a food source, a water source, shelter, they're going to be around and no amount of bait we use will mitigate that.”

Ultimately, the abstaining members said they felt the resolution was “incomplete” because it did not acknowledge the “millions of Palestinians and members of Islamic faith” who have also been subject to discrimination.

The vote was met with concerns from some members of the council and the public

"This is not an aspect of officer indifference, this is a clear example of not following the rules and lives are being lost.”

Community leaders shared struggles with food and housing insecurity. “This is their neighborhood. This is their safety net, as unsafe as that safety net is,” said Bill Humphreys, director of City of Refuge.

On December 30, 2021, a malfunction inside the Curtis Bay CSX Coal Terminal sparked a fireball and explosion that rocked the neighborhood.

It calls for backing grassroots reproductive care organizations and calls on Gov. Larry Hogan to immediately release $3.5 million set aside for training new abortion care providers.

Three Baltimore city lawmakers join us to discuss key issues on the Council's - and their districts' - agendas.