Catherine Pugh, former mayor of Baltimore, is set to be sentenced Thursday in the Healthy Holly scandal. The 69-year-old pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in November after she sold her self-published children’s books to nonprofits and foundations to promote her political career and fund her run for mayor. She was elected […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! More top aides in Mayor Catherine Pugh’s administration are no longer working for the city, according to FOX45. Bruce Williams, Pugh’s chief of staff, and Karen Stokes, director of government relations, “are not […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! The FBI and IRS criminal division are executing search warrants at Mayor Catherine Pugh’s home in Ashburton and her office at City Hall. Several FBI agents can be seen walking inside City Hall […]
Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! Our Mayor Catherine Pugh is laser focused on her job as the Mayor of Baltimore and nothing more. She told Essence that she has nothing on her mind except making Baltimore the […]
Mayor Catherine Pugh has selected New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael S. Harrison, as new pick for consideration for Baltimore Police Commissioner. This comes a day after her first pick, Joel Fitzgerald withdrew as nominee. Harrison has been with the New Orleans Police Department for 27 years and chief since 2014. The Baltimore City Council still […]
As of Thursday night, there have been 304 murders in Baltimore this year, a number that is still currently down from 2017. Mayor Pugh joined other elected leaders and members of the community Thursday night to pay their respects to the more than 300 lives lost to violence in Baltimore this year. The mayor said […]
On Friday, Mayor Catherine Pugh picks Fort Worth, Texas, Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald as Baltimore’s next police commissioner. Pugh called Fitzgerald the “best choice to lead Baltimore City’s crime fight.” Fitzgerald must now be confirmed by Baltimore City Council before being named commissioner. “QCREW” to 24042 to join our text club! ALSO TRENDING: […]
Mayor Pugh is about to try to make some “money mooooves” *Cardi B voice*. According to The Baltimore Sun, Mayor Pugh wants to launch “Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund”. What this program would entail is that the city would lease their large parking garages and money from this would go toward buildng up the troubled neighborhoods […]
A new traffic law which begins next month authorizing penalties for driver blocking intersections in Baltimore. As part of Baltimore’s traffic safety campaign, drivers blocking the box will get a $90 ticket and one point on your license. “Thirty-two percent of all statewide pedestrian involved crashes occur right here in the City of Baltimore,” Mayor […]
The Baltimore City Council went to Annapolis on Monday to officially call on state lawmakers to pass a bill mandating a $15 minimum wage in Maryland. Their bills would raise Maryland’s minimum wage from a little more than $10 to $15 by 2023. The City Council tried last year to raise the minimum wage, but […]
Mayor Catherine Pugh fires commissioner Kevin Davis as head of the city’s police force. Deputy Commissioner Darryl D. DeSousa will replace Commissioner Kevin Davis as the department’s 40th police commissioner. Commissioner- Designate DeSousa, a New York City native who moved to Baltimore in 1983 and went to Morgan State University, will assume responsibility for the […]
On Wednesday, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced a plan that could demolish six buildings at the troubled Gilmor Homes projects in West Baltimore. The move would relocate more than 120 families from Gilmor and the demolition of 132 units. According to Mayor Pugh, the buildings in question are a hotbed for crime. “That’s a really high-crime […]
