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Julie Bykowicz

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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Banner's Sapna Bansil traveled to Vietnam to write about what happened after a Maryland mother with U.S.-born children was deported. Here is Melissa Tran's painful story. via @thebaltimorebanner.com @pulitzercenter.org www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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A Maryland mother’s deportation to Vietnam forces an agonizing choice
Forced 9,000 miles from her family, Melissa Tran confronts what comes next for her U.S.-born children.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📊 MARYLAND REDISTRICTING POLL Support for state constitutional amendment (Question 3) that would make congressional gerrymandering easier: ✅ YES: 28% ❌ NO: 41% ❓ UNDECIDED: 31% 600 likely voters, MOE +/-4%, Lincoln Park Strategies & Ragnar Research www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland redistricting question faces significant opposition, poll finds
Among politicians, the opinions on redistricting have fallen squarely along party lines, with Democrats supporting the ballot question and Republicans opposed. This poll represents the first assessmen...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 21/09/2026
A fisherman, a farmer and the fight over a fouled Maryland stream
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A farmer won’t stop dumping cow manure into a beloved stream, the state says
A Cecil County dairy farm faces lawsuits and scrutiny after repeated pollution in a stream called Basin Run. The Maryland Department of the Environment says releases from Kilby Farms are to blame —...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 17/09/2026
Moore, Scott to appear on Fat Joe podcast amid controversy over slur
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Moore, Scott to appear on Fat Joe podcast amid controversy over slur
Fat Joe, the Puerto Rican and Cuban rapper known for hits with Ashanti and Jennifer Lopez, has drawn criticism after using a racial slur on a podcast this month.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 15/09/2026
How 2 political outsiders led the push for Maryland’s first data center ban
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How 2 political outsiders led the push for Maryland’s first data center ban
Harford is the only county in Maryland to have permanently banned data centers.
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Hayes Gardner @hayesgardner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW | Orioles owner David Rubenstein has engaged sports real estate firm Seregh and begun “the multiyear effort to try to redevelop the immediate area around Camden Yards." www.thebanner.com/economy/rube...
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David Rubenstein takes step toward redeveloping land near ballpark
Orioles ownership has engaged a real estate firm to begin a multiyear effort to develop land next to Camden Yards, David Rubenstein wrote in a new book.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This story out of Baltimore — and Dodge City, Kansas — is a wonderful read today. @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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On 9/11, she was stranded in Dodge City. Now she’s going back.
On Sept. 11, 2001, a flight from Baltimore was diverted to Kansas, where passengers spent three surreal days that left them deeply grateful.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An incredibly moving 9/11 story from my talented colleagues at @thebaltimorebanner.com
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 08/09/2026
After Joel Shapiro’s “Blue” sculpture was removed from the Kennedy Center, O’s owner David Rubenstein bought it for more than $2 million, according to a person familiar with the sale. buff.ly/xukTDyP
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/09/2026
Listing sites like Zillow and StreetEasy are littered with photos of homes edited with A.I., showing fake fireplaces, improved views and virtual landscaping, raising false advertising concerns.
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A.I. Listings Are So Widespread Even Zillow Is Concerned
Listing sites are littered with homes with fake fireplaces, improved views and virtual landscaping, raising false advertising concerns.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How the political climate Andy Harris helped create has come for him 🔥 Illuminating read by @brendawintrode.bsky.social as Maryland Democrats advance their (not quick enough for 2026) redistricting plan. via @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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How the political climate Andy Harris helped create has come for him
The far-right Republican leader has twice dodged redistricting attempts. He may not be so lucky a third time.
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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As you ride the train or bus today, think of the workers from the early years of the 20th century whose labor made your neighborhood and your commute possible. Their achievement is monumental.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Takoma Park's longstanding rent stabilization ordinance has kept rents there 👀 low and helped define the progressive town. Now city officials are considering loosening it up. Great story by @halliemiller.bsky.social @bannermoco.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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Rent stabilization shaped Takoma Park. Housing conditions are forcing a rethink.
Takoma Park’s rent stabilization law faces review as city leaders weigh impacts on affordability, housing quality and community diversity.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 26/08/2026
The Key Bridge rebuild gets a new workspace — and a squishier deadline www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...
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The Key Bridge rebuild gets a new workspace — and a squishier deadline
Crews have largely completed the installation of trestles — overwater wooden platforms that jut over the Patapsco River — to use during the construction of the actual bridge.
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My latest: Baltimore is suing publishing giant Agora for deceptive marketing practices. Few seem to know one of the company’s former employees is the city’s ethics director www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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City Hall has an Agora expert: The ethics director worked there for 20 years
Baltimore ethics director J. Christoph Amberger’s past at Agora Companies resurfaces as the city pursues a consumer protection lawsuit against the Baltimore-based publishing company.
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Zuri Berry @zuriberry.com · 25/08/2026
Feels like this story just keeps popping up. And I'm reminded of how frustrated my wife was when she was trying to get her license renewed.
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New system to license every nurse in Maryland is causing new headaches
Maryland rolled out a new licensing system for nurses, but it's causing new problems.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In love with this story, and graphics and photos, by @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social @halliemiller.bsky.social @invisibae.bsky.social and @jphotoj.bsky.social Your @thebaltimorebanner.com Sunday read. www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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Above all, Baltimore loves its rooftop decks
In some parts of Baltimore, rooftop decks are almost as synonymous with city life as the summer crab feast or a cold Natty Boh. They offer a respite from the hustle and bustle below and an outdoor “fl...
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Summer of Scott? John-John Williams IV of @thebaltimorebanner.com lays out some recent wins — and what it all means for Baltimore's mayor.
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rickhutzell.bsky.social @rickhutzell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This had to happen eventually. Food trucks are now going where few have dared before — out on the Chesapeake Bay. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Hutzell: Maryland food trucks head out onto the Chesapeake Bay
COLUMN | Food trucks are going where few have dared before — out on the Chesapeake Bay. In boat-loving Maryland, this had to happen eventually.
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In the 3.5 years that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been in office, he has spent about 1 of every 5 days in other states, as his national profile grows. (This doesn’t count trips to DC or overseas.) The full story from me and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has spent 1 in 5 days of his term in other states
Gov. Wes Moore has spent at least a portion of one in every five days out of state since he took office in 2023 — and that pace of travel has accelerated as his national profile has grown, according t...
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Big new story by @maddioneill.bsky.social
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A lovely read
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Hayes Gardner @hayesgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW | The first rabid beaver attack sent a screaming 13-year-old to the hospital in a helicopter. The second prompted the lake’s closure. There would not be a third, officials hoped. My dispatch from a hunt for rabid beavers: www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
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Inside the hunt for Maryland’s rabid beavers
Maryland state wildlife workers are on a Bigfoot-style pursuit following two bizarre beaver attacks.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/08/2026
Inside the hunt for the biting beaver that wasn’t there
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Inside the hunt for the biting beaver that wasn’t there
Maryland state wildlife workers are on a Bigfoot-style pursuit following two bizarre beaver attacks.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Baltimore has a vacant house older than its mayor. A vivid illustration of the city's intractable problem. By @sahanajayaraman.bsky.social @jessicagallagher.bsky.social, in @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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Baltimore’s longest-vacant rowhouse has sat empty for 43 years. It didn’t have to.
More than 3,000 Baltimore buildings have been vacant for two decades or longer.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is a must-read with incredible details that says so much about society’s turn on data centers. From @thebaltimorebanner.com reporters @briaovers.bsky.social @adampwillis.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
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How one Maryland county defeated an Amazon data center
The company abandoned its data center plan last week after Calvert County voters ousted three members of their Republican commission.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“We do want to keep these populations up,” she said, “just ideally not in the suburbs.” @lillianreed.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com with today's most bizarre Maryland story. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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Vultures flock to a Columbia neighborhood where woman won’t stop feeding them raw meat
Vultures have descended on the Glenmont community in Columbia, where a woman won’t stop feeding them raw meat despite repeated orders.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Reassuring
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Must-read
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Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I live in a small town in NE Scotland close to where chunks of the #Odyssey was filmed. Nolan’s cast and crew were all lovely and spent money like water in our hard-up area. He even made sure our tiny cinemas got on-time release of it when we normally have to wait for big movies. Thanks Chris.
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Adam Willis @adampwillis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dystopian-feeling in downtown Baltimore this week. Wildfire smoke from Ontario is thick. Meanwhile, the harbor's pistachio tides are back, earlier than usual and seemingly getting worse: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
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Why is Baltimore’s pistachio tide starting earlier and getting worse?
The phenomenon, known locally as a “pistachio tide,” has taken over Baltimore’s central waterway this week. It seems to be happening earlier and experts say it’s getting worse.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 17/07/2026
Maryland health experts are urging residents to stay indoors Friday as wildfire smoke pushes air quality to dangerous levels, warning that even healthy people could experience breathing problems and other effects. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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Maryland air quality worsens as wildfire smoke drifts in. How to protect yourself.
Maryland health experts are urging residents to stay indoors Friday as wildfire smoke pushes air quality to dangerous levels.
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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW: In one of my last stories @thebaltimorebanner.com, I dug into an unusual arrangement at the Prince George's County Sheriff's Office, where a political supporter of the sheriff acknowledged she is taking payments from landlords to help coordinate evictions. www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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A political ally of the sheriff schedules evictions in Prince George’s — for a fee
Known as the “mayor of Suitland,” Elsie Jacobs has gained an outsize but informal role at the sheriff’s office.
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
NEW: A Maryland prisoner may have been dead for days before he was found decomposing in his cell; now the warden is out, 19 corrections officers have been charged, and state police are conducting a "potential criminal misconduct" investigation www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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Warden’s out, 19 officers face discipline after Maryland’s 9th prison killing this year
State police and corrections officials are conducting a “potential criminal misconduct” investigation into staff at a Western Maryland prison after the latest in a rash of killings of prisoners across...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026
Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
1000% agree parade.com/entertainmen...
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Overlooked 1994 Horror Film Named Sam Neill's Greatest Performance
He's so good in this.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Guy tries to make a Monopoly edition around the 250th birthday, wants to source domestically after tariffs, and realizes that America can't make dice. Dice! www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...
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What a Monopoly importer learned when it tried to make things in the U.S.A.
After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States. This is what he learned.
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Brooke Pierce @bpie7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
People are right to be mad about the predictable Platner fiasco, but it's worth remembering that last year a ton of establishment Democrats supported disgraced sexual harasser Andrew Cuomo against clean-as-a-whistle Zohran. Tolerating problem men is an issue across the ideological spectrum.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/06/2026
Cape Verde becomes the smallest country in World Cup history to reach the knockout round.
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Cape Verde’s dream run continues, becoming smallest country into World Cup knockout round
Cape Verde completed an improbable run through the group stage with a third straight World Cup draw to become the smallest country to ever earn a spot in the knockout round following a 0-0 result against Saudi Arabia on Friday.
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Zuri Berry @zuriberry.com · 25/06/2026
The Banner is looking for an education reporter to cover Prince George's County. job-boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimore...
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Education Reporter, Prince George’s County
Prince George's County, MD
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Greg Morton @invisibae.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Incredibly proud of the amazing @thebaltimorebanner.com data team for delivering our best live election results experience ever Because of their hard work the Banner is home to more detailed results than you can find anywhere else. And we're not done counting: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland US House seats: Primary election results 2026
Follow Maryland’s U.S. House primary election results and track vote totals across the state’s congressional districts.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
One of the biggest tourism events in years is coming to Baltimore this weekend. But will it be an economic boon? @briaovers.bsky.social for @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/economy/sail...
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‘Operation Sail’ brought millions to Baltimore. Sail250 hopes to do it again.
Sail250 is a five-city showcase of international and domestic vessels, military ships and aircraft. Officials hope that Baltimore’s part, from June 24-30, will attract crowds and millions of dollars i...
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A snappy read by @hayesgardner.bsky.social ⚽⚽⚽
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New: ‘Enough is enough’: Dali crew members who have been 'marooned' here since Key Bridge collapse ask court to return home. w/ @hayesgardner.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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‘Enough is enough’: Dali crew members ask court to let them go home
The companies that own and operate the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge are demanding that its crew members be allowed to leave after more than two years “marooned” in the...
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 15/06/2026
This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency buff.ly/kxmgs9a
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
NEW: Why Mayor Brandon Scott wants a do-over on his most controversial deal — the one where BGE profits from city-owned infrastructure Great read by @emilyopilo.bsky.social (who lived this), Giacomo Bologna and @hayesgardner.bsky.social In @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Why Mayor Brandon Scott wants a do-over on his most controversial deal
Mayor Brandon Scott rushed through a deal with BGE in 2023 that allowed the utility company to profit from Baltimore-owned infrastructure. His administration says it wants to renegotiate.
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