The Baltimore Banner wins News Organization of the Year, other top honors bit.ly/3QxCavM

💰💰💰 David Trone has put even more of his personal wealth into his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Maryland.

He's now up to $54+ million in self-funding.

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Here’s who some Vignarajah voters say is their second choice for mayor / via Hallie Miller & penelope thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

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Baltimore taxpayers funded Thiru Vignarajah's bid for mayor with more than $600K.

Now that he's out and endorsing Dixon, does he owe that money back? The author of Baltimore's public financing system and advocates who backed it say yes, plus interest.

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NEW: It's not the first time Thiru Vignarajah wanted to be Baltimore's top cop. Text messages reviewed by The Baltimore Banner show he lobbied Elizabeth Embry in 2015 to name him police commish if she won election. When a colleague disagreed, he lashed out.

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Scott campaign sources say Thiru & Scott met to discuss an endorsement. 'We were told if the mayor considered making Thiru police commissioner or CEO of city schools, that Thiru would be open to endorsing us.'

Thiru did not confirm or deny this: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Thiru drops out, endorses Sheila Dixon for mayor in a move that may dramatically impact May 14 primary thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

In order to win, Alsobrooks will have to beat David Trone, a multi-millionaire self-funding his campaign. The winner will run against the Republican, which could be Larry Hogan. At stake may be control of the U.S. Senate. Who is Trone? Read!

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MD is about 32 percent Black and has never elected a Black senator. It has only ever elected one woman senator. Angela Alsobrooks would be MD's first Black woman senator, if she can beat David Trone and then, possibly, Larry Hogan. Read Hallie Miller

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Baltimore has an exciting primary election ahead — including in the 1st council district, where the fight to replace Zeke Cohen is about as heated as they come. Story on the race:

She’s spent 27 years preparing for this moment. But Angela Alsobrooks’ Senate bid may still fall flat: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

Mayoral debate: Four leading candidates to face off today bit.ly/3QpdNQW

Watch: Baltimore mayoral candidates participate in debate before early voting begins bit.ly/4bg65jZ

Great question from The Baltimore Banner’s emily sullivan on affordable housing & community opposition to it. Most addressed importance of housing affordability and engaging community; no one really touched #NIMBY - how to overcome community opposition.

Paris Gray appears to have a clear path to victory in Baltimore's 8th District City Council race. But a win is not assured. bit.ly/3JEVTG2

If you love local news and you've got a data and analytics brain, please take a look at this job.

The The Baltimore Banner is hiring a head of analytics and insights and we need people who can help us answer big questions. boards.greenhouse.io/thebaltimoreba…

After 20 years of fighting City Hall, Poppleton’s Eaddy looks to join it bit.ly/3JBsjAZ

Poppleton is on the ballot in Baltimore’s District 9 primary: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…

ICYMI: A 70% cut to some HIV services is coming and that could have a profound effect on the epidemic most of us think of as under control: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…