U.S. investigators examine Dixon’s travel
The attorney representing Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon in the federal probe of the council acknowledged in a letter this week that investigators are examining her travel records. In...
All Stories
Testimony from council members in grand jury probe is postponed
Federal prosecutors postponed the scheduled grand jury testimony yesterday of Baltimore City Council members whose personal and professional dealings are the subject of a wide-ranging grand jury probe, according to...
City officials set to testify for grand jury
Baltimore City Council members are scheduled to begin testifying this week before a federal grand jury conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the elected officials' finances, relations with certain businesses and...
Subpoenas issued to council members in probe
Federal investigators who have been probing the finances of Baltimore's City Council for seven months have begun to subpoena the elected officials to testify before a grand jury, council members...
Mayor signals schools upgrade
CHICAGO -- Mayor Martin O'Malley said yesterday that he will emulate Chicago's most visible and successful school reform by spearheading a campaign over the next six months to upgrade Baltimore's...
Gifts to Dixon, 3 others queried
Federal investigators examining Baltimore's City Council have asked several minority developers about any gifts they gave to Council President Sheila Dixon and three former city officials as part of a...
After city loan to schools, stepped-up involvement
Since Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley fashioned a financial bailout of city schools last month, he has asserted a measure of involvement in North Avenue unseen since City Hall gave up...
Expense account probe may be issue in election
Dr. Terrence Fitzgerald, a Green Party candidate for the City Council running in the Nov. 2 election, said he plans to talk about the recent dust-up over the council's expense...
Mayor targets expense system
Mayor Martin O'Malley promised yesterday to eliminate or reform the City Council's largely unregulated $100,000-a-year expense account system, which allows members to keep for themselves any money they don't spend...
City Council expense funds questioned
As part of their months-long investigation into the Baltimore City Council, federal prosecutors are examining an unusual expense account system that pays council members $5,000 a year with no oversight...