Baltimore is rethinking what it means to call 911, and who responds. Callers who don't need police will get help finding social services and healthcare before they actually fall into crisis.
Baltimore is rethinking what it means to call 911, and who responds. Callers who don't need police will get help finding social services and healthcare before they actually fall into crisis.Open
A former convict in Baltimore turned his frustration with Maryland's squatter-friendly laws into a thriving removal business, boarding up doors, deploying smoke bombs, and charging property owners $2,000 a job to do what police won't. Sanchez Deandre Lewis, who goes by "Mikey," runs a crew he calls "the Wolf Pack" under the banner of his […] The post Baltimore ex-convict builds booming business removing squatters after police refused to act appeared first on American Almanac .
A former convict in Baltimore turned his frustration with Maryland's squatter-friendly laws into a thriving removal business, boarding up doors, deploying smoke bombs, and charging property owners $2,000 a job to do what police won't. Sanchez Deandre Lewis, who goes by "Mikey," runs a crew he calls "the Wolf Pack" under the banner of his company, Squatter King Removal. His methods are blunt: board up windows and entrances, pull doors off hinges, remove locks, and apply relentless pressure until unauthorized occupants leave voluntarily. He also keeps smoke bombs and bear spray on hand as what he calls defensive measures. The Daily Mail profiled Lewis and his operation, detailing tactics that have drawn a growing social media following and…Open
The Krug family, now in its fifth generation, operates America’s oldest blacksmith shop, G. Krug & Son Ironworks, located in Baltimore. NewsNation’s Brian Entin spoke with the family in anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary. #Blacksmith #Business #America Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has cast himself as a champion of workers, but behind the scenes his relationships with some labor unions are increasingly rocky. - Several union officials tell Axios that the potential 2028 presidential candidate says the right things to them but often doesn't follow through — and that he's even combative toward organized labor at times. Why it matters: The tension with labor officials is latest obstacle that Moore, an Afghanistan veteran and former investment banker, faces in his backyard as he builds a national profile ahead of a possible run for the White House. - Moore is a self-described political outsider who won public office for the first time only four years ago, and he's acknowledged some growing…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has cast himself as a champion of workers, but behind the scenes his relationships with some labor unions are increasingly rocky. - Several union officials tell Axios that the potential 2028 presidential candidate says the right things to them but often doesn't follow through — and that he's even combative toward organized labor at times. Why it matters: The tension with labor officials is latest obstacle that Moore, an Afghanistan veteran and former investment banker, faces in his backyard as he builds a national profile ahead of a possible run for the White House. - Moore is a self-described political outsider who won public office for the first time only four years ago, and he's acknowledged some growing…Open