Overtime spending in city agencies killed Baltimore’s $53.8 million budget ‘windfall’; city preparing for deficit
Excessive overtime spending in city agencies all but erased Baltimore’s fiscal year 2024 surplus, and now the city is ...
27 residents displaced after fire at Baltimore County apartment complex, officials say
A total of 27 residents, including adults and children, were displaced after a fire at an apartment complex in Windsor Mill, ...
Red Cross explains how it is helping Baltimore residents displaced by massive rowhome fire
The four-alarm fire took out a block of rowhomes, businesses, and apartments on North Fulton Avenue, leaving at least nine ...
‘When we fail, people die’: Some Baltimore leaders say understaffing, overtime needs to change
There’s an understaffing and overtime crisis in Baltimore. City Council members say that while some improvements have been ...
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Baltimore’s EMS staffing problems highlighted after notice of highest-earning paramedic
A Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic earned $358,586 last year—mostly from overtime—underscoring severe understaffing ...
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Paramedic was Baltimore's Highest Paid Employee Last Year
Baltimore city’s highest-paid employee in the last fiscal year was a Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic, who earned ...
Vacant in 4-alarm fire in West Baltimore showed possible signs of squatters, fire official says
Investigators say there were possible signs of “illegal occupant activity” in the vacant building where last Friday’s ...
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Overtime Spending Wipes Out Baltimore’s Budget Surplus
The city had to reshuffle more than $50 million to address the unexpected shortfall, driven by overtime costs due to staffing ...
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24-hour parking enforcement begins in Baltimore City
In the past, parking enforcement ended at 2 a.m. in the city. The change is a return to strict ticketing and towing ...
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Officials: Illegal occupant activity suspected in West Baltimore rowhomes fire
The Baltimore City Fire Department reports that the fire is happening at the 2200 block of N Fulton Ave. UPDATE: The Baltimore City Fire Department said early indications of its investigation into ...
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4-alarm fire began in vacant property potentially occupied by squatters
"We're not here to fight fire in vacants. We're here to save lives and property. If the property's not worth anything, then ...
40 dead as storms head east; fire risk remains in parts of U.S.
At least 37 people have died across seven states as powerful storm systems swept through the Midwest and the South.