Baltimore, BGE bills and City Council
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The Baltimore City Council on Monday introduced a slate of bills that could reshape daily life in the city, from pension investments and gun safety messaging to alcohol sales, alongside separate legislation limiting collaboration with ICE.
Baltimore's city council unanimously approved a bill on Monday that bars city police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement efforts and bans immigration officers from city buildings.
Part of the bill includes training employees on how to manage interactions with ICE.
City leaders made quick work to pass the bill, making only minor concessions, including the removal of a requirement of police to ask ICE agents to remove their masks to verify identities.
Baltimore City's Spring Cleanup and Day of Service is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, providing residents of Baltimore a collective opportunity to tidy up their neighborhoods as warmer weather approaches.
The Baltimore City Council is looking to close enforcement gaps when it comes to illegal and unregistered sales inside of some smoke shops across the city.