Accountability

by Fern ShenSep 6, 2023

BREAKING: Ethics Board violated the law when it redacted the names of contributors to the legal defense fund for Nick and Marilyn Mosby, the Maryland Public Information Act Compliance Board has ruled.

Sep 4, 2023

Found by Maryland federal prosecutors: ghost guns, bags of cash and $40 million in Covid relief fraud

The U.S. Attorney’s Office describes what it has scuttled so far by scammers with pretend employees, malware-infested websites and aliases like “Allen Gator.”

Aug 23, 2023

Accepting bribes isn’t permitted in Baltimore, housing commissioner says

A building inspector reported a cash bribe, and his boss told him to keep it “because it was under an allowable dollar limit,” Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming finds.

Aug 21, 2023

“Brother Bey,” a longtime advocate for ex-offenders, was fatally injured by a care facility staffer, prosecutors say

Ellsworth Johnson-Bey was a resident at Autumn Lake Post Acute Care Center in Baltimore when he broke his hip. A former nursing assistant now faces second-degree murder and assault charges.

Special SeriesAug 12, 2023

Since the Strong City Baltimore meltdown, only “some semblance of justice,” a bitter ex-client says

Taking stock after a federal indictment and a $25,000 grant program that Baltimore’s large foundations are now offering to grassroots groups harmed by Strong City.

Aug 4, 2023

Baltimore fails to recoup millions of dollars in highway reimbursements in a timely manner

Twenty years passed between completion of a federally funded road project and DOT’s submission of paperwork to get reimbursed, an audit discovers.

Jul 13, 2023

Housing Authority maintains it did not approve funds for the Brooklyn Day party

Jun 23, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Scott’s top aide picked up $10,000 from another campaign committee

Jun 20, 2023

Mayor Scott’s chief of staff reveals the sources of his $27,000 in outside income

Jun 6, 2023

Baltimore to pay CSX for a water main break and $500,000 to a teenager injured by a police Taser

May 23, 2023

Baltimore Inspector General tracks down fabricated diploma by finance employee

May 16, 2023

Mayor Scott’s former campaign manager doubled his City Hall salary in just over two years

May 16, 2023

Mayor Scott’s new chief of staff didn’t disclose $27,000 from outside political work

May 3, 2023

Caught “double-dipping” from the city and the school system, employee continued to work at Baltimore schools

Feb 28, 2023

Without explanation, the city procurement office seeks to triple the cost of an armed security contract

Feb 13, 2023

Judge rules City Council President Nick Mosby violated ethics laws through his legal defense fund

Jan 24, 2023

State of Maryland settles with feds after alleged misuse of AmeriCorps funds

Jan 18, 2023

UPDATE: Officer involved in rear-end collision, which injured pregnant woman, fined $1,000

Jan 10, 2023

Nick Mosby’s Ethics Board case is again delayed

Jan 6, 2023

Lawsuit accuses Strong City Baltimore of diverting grantee money to bankroll its headquarters building

Jan 3, 2023

Nick Mosby files last-minute rebuttal to ethics charges, suggesting next week’s court hearing will be delayed

Dec 20, 2022

Nursing home company showers Maryland Democrats – and governor-elect Wes Moore – with campaign cash

Dec 16, 2022

Former corruption investigator files ethics complaint about J.P. Grant donation to Mayor Scott

Dec 15, 2022

Letter set rates that directed millions of unapproved dollars to a Harford County ambulance company