Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh

UPDATE 5/2/19 3:30 PM EST: Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned as mayor Baltimore City Thursday. Her lawyer made that announcement. That means Jack C. Young now becomes Mayor. Young is in Detroit right now. UPDATE 5/2/19 9:00 AM EST: According to the AFRO newspaper, Mayor Catherine Pugh said she will resign as mayor of Baltimore Thursday. […]

Baltimore City residents want Mayor Catherine Pugh to step down and they’re making that known in an online petition. The website is called, “Resign Mayor Pugh,” and it asks that others who believe Mayor Pugh has acted inappropriately by selling her Healthy Holly children’s books to multiple companies and organizations, to sign the petition. Related: City […]

Acting Baltimore City Mayor Jack Young is calling for new steps to be taken in how the City moves forward in its agreement with Associated Black Charities to run the City’s Children and Youth Fund. In a letter sent to ABC, Young states that he wants to ensure that the fund is being appropriately used […]

The first city investigation into Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s book deals will be led by the ethics board. It will look into city contracts voted on by Pugh. City contracts that may have involved vendors that previously bought Pugh’s Healthy Holly children’s books. The investigation is expected to take months to complete. Sign Up For […]

Baltimore City’s delegates to Maryland’s General Assembly are joining the long line of lawmakers and groups to call for Mayor Pugh to step down. The delegates spoke in a press conference Monday night as the General Assembly’s 2019 legislative session ended. Fourteen City Council members sent a letter to Mayor Pugh Monday morning stating: “The […]

UPDATE 4/8/19 12:00 PM EST The Mayor’s Office released a statement Monday around 11:45 a.m., saying Pugh will return to her office once she has recovered from pneumonia. “Mayor Pugh has taken a leave to focus on recovering from pneumonia and regaining her health. She fully intends to resume the duties of her office and […]

Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is speaking out about the current state of the city and the controversy surrounding current Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. “I can’t imagine what [Pugh] is going through,” Dixon told CBS Baltimore. “So to not give love versus hate, which I see happening everywhere, doesn’t help the situation.” See Also: What’s Next […]

The Maryland Auto Insurance Fund admits playing a roll in the “Healthy Holly” book deal controversy. The organization issued a statement to Fox Baltimore saying it discovered that its former executive director authorized a $7,500 check “payable to Healthy Holly, LLC, 326 St. Paul Place, Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21202 for its outreach program with […]

A lawyer for Baltimore city Mayor Catherine Pugh says the state prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into the sales of the “Healthy Holly” books. That’s according to the Baltimore Sun. Related: Audit to Begin on UMMS Board Business Dealings However, the state prosecutor, Emmet Davitt, said Monday he can neither confirm nor deny an investigation. […]

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is temporarily stepping away from the role as Mayor starting midnight Tuesday. See Also: Mayor Catherine Pugh Returns Money For Book Deal With UMMS This comes as fallout continues over the mayor’s book deal for her “Healthy Holly” books while she was a member of the University of Maryland Medical System board. […]