The State Circler

Baltimore City, Baltimore County

• Citizen advisory board backs Inspector General Cumming’s quest for unredacted records
  February 3, 2026
  Without access to IT system data and financial records, the Office of the Inspector General cannot effectively identify and prevent waste, fraud and abuse in city government, the board says.
• Your voice won’t be heard at tonight’s Baltimore County Council meeting
  February 2, 2026
  Building renovations, not recent public controversies, are the grounds for the cancellation of public testimony, council chair says.
• An alarming and baseless attack on Baltimore’s inspector general
  February 2, 2026
  Mayor Brandon Scott and his law department are making bogus claims to deny Isabel Mercedes Cumming access to records needed for her watchdog role. [OP-ED]
• A blunt message from an angry Baltimore crowd: “ICE Out”
  January 30, 2026
  Between the continuing chaos in Minneapolis and ICE’s apparent plan to turn a Hagerstown warehouse into a detention center, they had plenty to protest today.
• Campaign Dollars: What a difference eight years makes for Baltimore’s three top electeds
  January 29, 2026
  Rising from the City Council to a seat on the Board of Estimates yields a flood of campaign cash. What went to whom in 2025, from Alex Smith’s Atlas Restaurant Group to Johns Hopkins University.