CURRENT EDITION: baltimore (none)πŸ”„ Loading BlueConic...EDITION HISTORY: No changes tracked
πŸ”΅ BlueConic: ___πŸͺ Cookie: ___ ❓ UNKNOWNπŸ”— Query: ___✏️ Composer: ___

Giacomo Bologna

Giacomo

Giacomo "Jack" Bologna covers business and development at The Baltimore Banner. Before that he worked at The Baltimore Sun, The Baltimore Business Journal and newspapers in Mississippi and Missouri. Jack is originally from Michigan.

The latest from Giacomo Bologna

Union blasts BGE over planned layoffs
Baltimore Gas and Electric told employees that it plans to lay off 67 workers by next spring, according to their union.
BGE crews continued working Saturday to fix a gas leak on Central Avenue which forced a lane of traffic to close.
Baltimore is striking fear into the hearts of private lenders across the country
When private lenders met in Las Vegas for their annual conference, almost everyone knew about the foreclosure crisis in Baltimore. Now, some industry leaders are calling for reforms.
Attendees gather in a hallway at the American Association of Private Lenders conference at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
Largest tax credit in Baltimore County history awaits world’s largest shipping company
The Baltimore County Council is expected to create the largest tax credit in its history next week, one that would save Tradepoint Atlantic and the world’s largest shipping company hundreds of millions of dollars.
An aerial view of Coke Point, the proposed site of the Sparrows Point Container Terminal.
BGE choosing β€˜wasteful’ gas pipe replacement projects, consumer watchdog says
A consumer watchdog organization says Baltimore’s utility company has been putting profits ahead of safety when it chooses how to replace gas pipes.
Emily Scarr, a senior advisor with Maryland Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), speaks at a press conference outside of Baltimore's City Hall about a report released on Wednesday by PIRG that finds BGE has been prioritizing profit over safety when selecting its expensive gas infrastructure projects. She is joined by Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, City Councilmember Mark Conway, Del. Elizbeth Embry, Maryland People's Counsel David Lapp, and Brittany Baker, the Maryland Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
Baltimore will investigate New York investor group for housing discrimination
City Solicitor Ebony Thompson said the city would use every legal resource at its disposal.
Some of the homes in the 2400 Block of Etting Street were purchased by a New York-based investment group.
Federal contractor bleeding $110K a month amid shutdown, braces for more
The shutdown is leaving contractors, like Prince George’s County-based Melwood, reevaluating their future and asking: How reliable is the federal government anymore?
Founded in the 1960s and based in Prince George’s County, Melwood Inc. is the nonprofit umbrella organization for three related companies that support people with a wide range of disabilities.
Baltimore’s mayors get their portraits. Their legacies are harder to frame.
Mayor Brandon Scott, perhaps knowing he will one day have a portrait unveiling, kept his remarks gracious, respectful and relatively vague.
From left: Former mayors Sheila Dixon, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Catherine Pugh and Bernard β€œJack” Young stand with their portraits during an unveiling ceremony inside City Hall in Baltimore on Saturday.
With lead developer out, Baltimore Peninsula to reset again
MAG Partners announced it is no longer working on Kevin Plank's Baltimore Peninsula project. The New York real estate firm had been involved as a developer and investor since May 2022.
Baltimore Peninsula development in South Baltimore on April 21, 2025.
The Baltimore company churning out drone boats ready for war
The U.S. military wants to spend billions on naval drones. Baltimore-based BlackSea Technologies is growing.
A BlackSea Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) naval drone follows an escort boat back to in the company’s pier in south Baltimore.
Could a few β€˜bad actors’ upend Baltimore’s housing hopes?
Two LLCs connected to the buyers have declared bankruptcy and many of the homes in the portfolio are entering foreclosure.
Maryland Housing Secretary Jake Day at Tuesday's meeting of the Baltimore Vacants Reinvestment Council.
The housing hustle igniting a foreclosure crisis in Baltimore
The foreclosures could send neighborhoods spiraling and make Baltimore America’s next great housing crisis.
Before mass foreclosures, loan product looked good for Baltimore
Landlords like Dontae Carroll say Wall Street’s freeze on a specific housing loan has put their plans to purchase on hold.
Dontae Carroll poses for a portrait in his son's home in Baltimore on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
Baltimore’s hottest spot for Maryland Dems is... a Residence Inn rooftop?
Why are Maryland’s Democratic glitterati flocking to an extended-stay hotel whose other primary clientele are hospital patients and their families?
The Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, located at 800 N. Wolfe St., had its grand opening in October 2017.
Embattled East Baltimore hotel sold for huge loss
A group of Chinese investors stands to lose its entire $47 million investment. They are claiming in a new court filing that the June auction was effectively rigged in favor of a Virginia-based private equity firm.
The Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, located at 800 N. Wolfe St., had its grand opening in October 2017.
Under Armour is a brand, not a company, CEO Kevin Plank says as stock sinks
Under CEO Kevin Plank cut the apparel company's profit projections in half, citing tariffs and weakening demand, in a quarterly report to investors.
Under Armour's new Baltimore Peninsula campus on December 7, 2024, in Baltimore, Md.
T. Rowe Price mum on number of July layoffs; hints more cuts are coming
During an earnings call Friday morning, T. Rowe Price executives hinted at future staff reductions, possibly thanks to artificial intelligence.
April 2, 2025 β€” The new T. Rowe Price global headquarters building is on the Harbor Point waterfront.
Carbon dioxide incident at Baltimore chicken plant hospitalizes 5
Fire Department spokesperson John Marsh said the five people hospitalized had non-life-threatening injuries.
First responders working the scene at a HAZMAT incident at Holly Poultry, a poultry processing plant in Southwest Baltimore on Sunday July 27, 2025. Five people were hospitalized and five more were treated at the scene. A fire department spokesperson said dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide were found inside the plant.
Upset at budget airline’s role in ICE deportations, 100 protesters rally near BWI
The protesters said they wanted to pressure the airline and discourage people from flying with Avelo.
People gather Sunday, July 27, 2025, on an Interstate 195 overpass near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to protest Avelo Airlines deal with ICE to operate deportation flights. Avelo operates a limited number of passenger flights out of BWI.
Gov. Moore takes leadership role at national bipartisan governors group
Moore will take over the chairmanship next year from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025.
An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
Load More Stories
Oh no!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact customer service at 443-843-0043 or customercare@thebaltimorebanner.com.