Julian 'Jack' Lapides, former Maryland state senator from Baltimore, dies baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As Covid rates spiked at area nursing homes,
The Brewexposed critical lapses by long-term care facility operators and the Maryland Department of Health.
While essential workers collapsed in line outside an East Baltimore church, its reporting called attention to the lack of Covid testing in Black and Brown communities.
The Brew’s winning work reflected other aspects of a turbulent year for the country and the city, with George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police prompting local protests and racial reckoning, and Donald Trump’s reelection bid fueling polarizing political discourse.
On city streets and in Annapolis, photojournalist J.M. Giordano captured it all. When protesters tore down Baltimore’s Columbus statue near Little Italy, Giordano and
Baltimore’s Board of Ethics has clarified the voting rules for the city spending panel, finding a member may in fact vote on matters pertaining to units of city government under his or her control.
Comptroller Bill Henry has reached back to a stalwart from the Sheila Dixon administration, appointing Andrew B. “Andy” Frank as his new $110,000-a-year deputy director of real estate.
Last seen in City Hall as deputy mayor for neighborhood and economic development and “first among equals” who advised Dixon, Frank left in 2010 to become a special advisor to Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels.
His departure came shortly after Dixon resigned as Baltimore’s mayor following her conviction for embezzling gift cards intended for needy families.
Before that, Frank was the executive vice president of the quasi-public Baltimore Development Corporation during a period when enormous tax breaks were arranged by the city for Harbor Point developer John Paterakis Sr. and Dixon’s former boyfriend, Ron Lipscomb.
With new members in place, Baltimore spending board beefs up transparency on conflicts of interest baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.