George Nilson

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2013-05-14 13:57:03

Stolen historic US documents returned to owners BALTIMORE (AP) — FBI and National Archive officials are returning to their rightful owners more than 10,000 important historical documents seized during a massive theft investigation involving a well-...

Baltimore council gives preliminary OK to bill requiring contractors to hire city residents

2013-05-14 04:49:41

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore City Council has given a preliminary approval to a bill that would require local hiring for contractors. The bill received preliminary approval Monday and would require contractors and entities that receive $5 million...

Council OKs bill that would force contractors to hire city residents

2013-05-13 17:16:57

In a unanimous vote, the City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would require businesses getting large city contracts or financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore. "My council colleagues believe this is a...

Bill would force contractors to hire city residents

2013-05-12 12:42:00

The City Council is poised to vote Monday on a bill that would require businesses receiving large city contracts or major financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore — or face sanctions. "We have the highest unemployment...

City to pay $100K to family of boy who died in school bus fall

2013-05-08 16:29:14

The city of Baltimore agreed Wednesday to pay $100,000 to a West Baltimore family whose special-needs student died after falling from a moving school bus in 2010. City Solicitor George Nilson said school officials knew that Jeremy C. Jennings Jr., the...

City says task force didn't violate open meetings law

2013-05-02 17:05:45

A lawyer for Baltimore City says a task force appointed by the mayor to study the city's speed camera program did not hold an illegal closed-door meeting during a March visit to a contractor's headquarters. But a prominent member of the task force called...

Board questions deputy mayor's place in fire pension system

2013-04-25 16:59:18

Members of Baltimore's fire and police pension board are questioning whether one of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's top aides should remain part of the lucrative pension system that covers sworn public safety officers. Administration officials say...

City to void more than 6,000 camera tickets

2013-04-23 16:05:00

Baltimore City said Tuesday that it will throw out more than 6,000 speed and red-light camera tickets because its former contractor has stopped showing up in court to defend them — the latest sign of the dysfunction dogging Baltimore's speed...

Baltimore police rebuked by federal judge in taping lawsuit

2013-03-08 17:46:58

A federal judge has ordered Baltimore police to halt a "veritable witch hunt" into the personal life of a man who alleges that his camera was seized as he filmed an arrest. In a ruling unsealed Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Gauvey said the...

Judge dismisses Pratt's lawsuit over city phone system

2013-02-06 16:55:00

A Baltimore circuit judge on Wednesday dismissed Comptroller Joan M. Pratt's lawsuit that alleged the Rawlings-Blake administration was illegally installing a new municipal phone system. In an oral ruling, Judge Pamela J. White said she couldn't find...

Troubled transition shuts down city speed cameras

2013-01-22 18:59:00

Baltimore's speed and red light camera system has experienced a near-complete shutdown during what city officials are calling a problematic transition to a new contractor, records show, and the new vendor says it could take four months to get its system...

Mayoral critic jailed, barred from City Hall

2013-01-24 06:21:00

A frequent critic of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration was arrested and jailed Wednesday morning when she tried to enter City Hall to attend a public meeting. Officers told the activist, Kim A. Trueheart, 55, of Baltimore, that she had...

Baltimore Comptroller Joan Pratt expresses her disagreement with City Solicitor George Nilson's recent written opinion that the purchase of phone-related equipment by the mayor's technology office was appropriate.

2012-06-25 00:00:00