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Baltimore's 'Rock the Block' events bring resources and entertainment to neighborhoods throughout summer

On behalf of Mayor Brandon Scott, city agencies are teaming up to bring job opportunities, housing help, and support services ...
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Mayor Scott responds after man nearly drowns in closed Baltimore City pool

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is speaking out this morning after a 25-year-old man nearly drowned over the weekend at a pool ...

Baltimore mayor wants regional teamwork on infrastructure, climate change. Republicans push back.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott wants to see jurisdictions around the city work more closely together on infrastructure issues ...

Baltimore's Group Violence Reduction Strategy expands in effort to reduce city's crime

Baltimore's Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) is being expanded to South Baltimore in an effort to reduce crime ...
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Baltimore City Infrastructure Academy helps students, residents learn trades, earn jobs

Baltimore City and Mayor Brandon Scott officially launched the Infrastructure Academy in Park Heights on Thursday.

Baltimore mayor knocked for ‘Red Line’ jab amid ‘Infrastructure Academy’ launch

Mayor Brandon Scott is continuing his push to address infrastructure needs, as he launched an apprentice program to provide ...
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Under Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore hits 50‑year low in homicides through mid‑2025

Mayor Brandon Scott reveals a significant decrease in homicides, non-fatal shootings, theft and more in Baltimore. While 2025 has felt ...
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Baltimore’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy expands to city’s southern district

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced that the Group Violence Reduction Strategy has expanded to the city's southern ...
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott mum on tipped workers bill

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen and Mayor Brandon Scott confer as Laura Larsen, Baltimore’s budget director, presents the Fiscal 2026 Preliminary Operating Budget Plan to the ...
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Under Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore hits 50‑year low in homicides ...

While Scott recalls people laughing at him for his community-based approach, the numbers show that his plan is working. Between 2021 and 2022, Baltimore saw a slight decrease in homicides.

Baltimore leaders spar over health insurance for all DPW workers a year after an on-the-job death

The death of a Baltimore sanitation worker in the heat on the job one year ago this week exposed many alarming problems, ...
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Baltimore overdoses: No deaths, at least 27 hospitalized, mayor says

None of the 27 people who overdosed on a suspected bad batch of drugs Thursday in Baltimore's Penn North neighborhood have died, according to Mayor Brandon Scott.