Md. offers an advance of $42 million
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he will advance the struggling Baltimore school system $42 million to help address an overwhelming cash flow problem that threatened to bankrupt...
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Schools to get state money, Ehrlich says
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that his office will advance money to the Baltimore school system to deal with a crushing cash flow problem that could have shut...
Schools deal may hinge on state funding
Without an advance of state funds to cover the Baltimore public schools' cash flow problem - one so great that it threatens to bankrupt the system - a deal brokered...
City teachers reject pay cut
Thousands of angry Baltimore schoolteachers and aides voted overwhelmingly to reject a 3.5 percent cut in salaries yesterday - a decision that could trigger even deeper pay cuts across the...
A community grows irate and demands answers
Enraged by a financial crisis that has enveloped the Baltimore school system in layoff talks for weeks, parents, community leaders and even school officials are demanding criminal investigations, threatening to...
City teachers put lives on hold in hard times
Brian Biles hoped to stockpile a comfortable reserve in his 401(k) for his eventual retirement. Victoria A. Clausen had just begun renovations on the old fixer-upper she and her husband...
African-Americans grapple with race of sniper suspects
In the African-American community, the good news came first and the bad news a half-beat later. "Did you hear?" huddled office workers and shocked e-mail buddies said to one another:...