Baltimore County isn’t the region’s economic engine anymore. One reason why is the grip held over local zoning decisions by individual members of the county council. [OP-ED] ...

Irked by an alleged threat at a City Council hearing and no word yet on a promised pay raise, sanitation employees plan to vent their frustration at an upcoming union meeting.

What happened in the community garden recently to Carrollton Ridge’s Cyndi Tensley, the upbeat leader of trash clean-ups, vigils for homicide victims and more.

Homeowners in this West Baltimore community ask the court to void La Cité’s land use agreement with the city. The company and city say the lawsuit should be thrown out.

Back in 2011 when Maryland classified trash incineration as “renewable energy” – elevating it to the same status as solar and wind and subsidizing it to the tune of millions of dollars per year – two ...

The mayor’s office has spent nearly $34,000 on out-of-state travel since a budget freeze was imposed on police, fire and other Baltimore city agencies.

Coverage of Baltimore and the region for The Brew by Dan Rodricks. After writing an award-winning column for the Baltimore Sun for 46 years, Rodricks resigned in January 2025, a year after the Sun's ...

Full text of the statement The Brew received Feb. 1 from MICA president Fred Lazarus IV: Thank you for your email concerning designated bike lanes on Mt. Royal Avenue. For many years, MICA has been ...

Reutter has been reporting and writing on Baltimore since 1970, when he started as a 19-year-old summer intern covering cops for The Evening Sun. He worked on a wide range of beats for the Sunpapers, ...