The city’s response to the finding that 136 solid waste workers have no health insurance reflects “an entrenched culture,” says Baltimore Inspector General Cumming.

Councilman Mark Conway’s bill would prohibit new crematoriums from being operated near residential areas – and just might block a controversial one.

The long-in-coming regulations will take effect after the death of Ron Silver II, a Baltimore sanitation worker who collapsed on a woman’s doorstep, begging for water.

Keeping the mayor informed of all agency interactions with reporters is a prime concern, an in-house memo says.