The mayor’s office says the report sensationalizes a common HR practice.

After DPW’s Reedbird site is renovated and other conditions are achieved, Baltimore’s most popular trash and recycling facility – on property coveted by a developer – can be shut down, mayoral group says.

Wetlands filled in by 19th century industry are being returned to their marshy, mucky glory, but with hiking and biking trails and other features intended to delight nature lovers and uplift neighborhoods.

Responding to proposed legislation announced by Brandon Scott, Baltimore’s Inspector General says it would “eviscerate the independence” that voters overwhelmingly supported in two charter amendments.