Three years ago, the group proposed a "baby bonus" of $1,000 for every newborn, but the state Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional and removed it from the ballot.

The controversial Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund ballot question was rejected by the Supreme Court of Maryland on Thursday. The initiative would have provided a one-time, $1,000 payment to the parents ...

A ballot proposal that would pay new Baltimore City parents $1,000 has been ruled unconstitutional by the Maryland Supreme Court.

Two initiatives in Baltimore City will not become ballot questions in November, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday.One measure pertained to the controversial "Baby Bonus Amendment" and the ...

Baltimore’s mayor and city council filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the proposal after organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in ...

A ballot proposal that would pay new Baltimore City parents $1,000 was brought before Maryland's highest court on Wednesday.

A Baltimore judge has ruled against a November ballot measure that would have offered $1,000 to new parents in an effort to fight child poverty.

The Ballot Measure: Last March, the Maryland Child Alliance began collecting signatures to get its “ Baby Bonus Fund ” on the Baltimore ballot in November and succeeded in doing so on July 1.

The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund said it learned Thursday that Baltimore’s mayor and City Council had filed a lawsuit to remove the baby bonus from the ballot.

Baltimore’s mayor and city council have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a proposal that would let voters decide whether to give all new parents a one-time $1,000 “baby bonus” meant to help ...