Insurance-home and auto-is too high. Our next insurance commissioner should look at non-driving rate factors that raise the price of insurance and hit Black and Brown drivers the hardest.

90 Seconds with Odette - 5/20/24

This week's updates include the start of budget hearings, why you should NOT sign the Renew Baltimore petition, and our Housing Tip of the Week on estate planning. 

And thank you to CharmTV Baltimore for the new look!

After recent crashes some in Southeast Baltimore want better bike routes bit.ly/3WTmBCr

'That's the kind of the thing that we should be spending our money on — having services that people can access,' Presnall told 11Alive.

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On June 18 I’ll be facilitating a collage workshop at Pratt Library. Tickets are going fast and this will be the last one I do for a few months! So I hope to see you there.

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A great question.

Another great article from NCLC -- this time on HUD's recently-issued guidance on tenant screening practices. library.nclc.org/article/new-gu…

What would it mean for Tawanda Jones to get a platform like the Breakfast Club or Joy Reid? Or have April Ryan write something? Sad state of affairs. baltimorebeat.com/photostory-555…

Younger folk: some advice. I am 53 and heavier than my ideal and widowed. Yet I have more money and professional power and personal happiness than ever. My age and metabolism don’t make me unhappy. Be present. Youth won’t save you. Brains will.

Marilyn Mosby got cocky, full stop. She let martyrdom get to her head, flew too close to the sun, got burned, and is now asking for a presidential pardon for charges stemming from an investigation SHE REQUESTED.

Baltimore City politics is “rules for thee, not for me” personified

✨ Baltimore Beat Issue 40: The Hot Girl Issue. ✨

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📸: Lisa Snowden

I continue to feel bad for Kelly and Keith because Kelly really had to build the whole system that supported her husband by herself. It shows who matters to powerful people and who doesn't.

Our story on Baltimore's infamous Highway to Nowhere is a finalist for the City Regional Magazine Assoc.'s top Civic Journalism award Monday. Up against two great Texas Monthly stories and others, but win, lose, draw—proud of the work we do Baltimore magazine
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FACT CHECK - The person that requested the investigation that resulted in guilty verdicts by two federal jury trials is Marilyn Mosby. She did so on 7/20/2020 to me. The investigation was complete on 2/9/2021 with business and tax concerns that was turned over to the FBI.

Not too bad! Happy Tuesday!

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Now they are saying Jim Crow Laws had nothing to do with terrorizing Black people and that Black people were better off….

He truly is suburban Detroit in a nutshell 🙃

Hey there Celiac friends! I’ve never found a gluten-free hoisin sauce, so I made my own. You’ll have to experiment with quantities, but the stuff I mixed together:

Tamari, 1/4 cup
Sesame oil, 2 T
Bbq sauce, 1 T
Brown sugar, 1 tsp

All grocery outlets need to do the same. The price gouging needs to end!

How do we get this on Joy Reid’s show.