Judge rules in favor of Baltimore’s inspector general, denies city’s motion to dismiss
Circuit Court Judge Pamela White orders Mayor Scott’s law department to respond to subpoenas that the IG has requested.
Accountability
Special SeriesAug 12, 2026
Mushrooms and mold found inside former hotel repurposed for housing the homeless
A report by Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming finds poor living conditions and health-related issues at three city-run homeless facilities.
Special SeriesAug 5, 2026
Tracing some of the money the Scott administration spends without BOE approval by declaring an “emergency”
Emergency procurements not only skirt around Board of Estimates approval. They delay and sometimes hide public disclosure of how taxpayer money is used. Here are the two latest examples. UPDATED
Special SeriesJul 28, 2026
Saying she’s “obsessed” with IG independence, judge hears the Scott administration’s argument for curtailing it
“It’s not that the job has become harder. It is that it has become impossible,” the lawyer representing the watchdog agency tells Judge Pamela White.
Special SeriesJul 27, 2026
Former Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis skewers law department’s assertion it can restrict inspector general access to records
The Scott administration’s efforts to limit OIG investigations into waste, fraud and abuse, he says, are legally untenable and detrimental to good government.
Jul 15, 2026
Mayor Scott’s pick to review SideStep program has a checkered past, but plenty of ties to City Hall
Karl Racine, who resigned under pressure last year as federal monitor of the Cleveland Police Department, was selected by the mayor and by a former subordinate at Venable LLP, Ebony Thompson.
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