Baltimore

Baltimore mayor discusses how city is addressing crime, cleaning up city

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In 2019, Baltimore’s murder rate hit an all-time high and ranked among the worst in the nation, but since then, something has changed. Murders hit a nearly 50-year low in 2024 and the population is growing. Tony Dokoupil spoke to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott about the comeback. Source link

Mayor touts Baltimore as a changed city despite Trump’s criticisms: “The greatest comeback story in the country”

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Baltimore — Walk a few blocks in Baltimore with Mayor Brandon Scott, and there’s no missing the problem: The city has thousands of broken-down, boarded-up row houses, the result of a long civic spiral, with people and businesses leaving and blight and crime moving in. “When it looks like someone doesn’t care, right, people who … Read more