Starting this January, all Baltimore City government workers will return to working in person a minimum of three days a week, a mandate that will affect more than 2,000 employees, Mayor Brandon Scott said. In an interview with The Baltimore Banner, Scott said the return-to-office plan has been developed with senior cabinet members, agency heads and other representatives from a “future of work” group tasked with reviewing the city’s policy since April 2022.

Maryland State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury will resign as the state’s public schools leader Oct. 6, but the next day become a full-time senior adviser for the State Board of Education. A joint statement released Friday from the board and Choudhury explains that he will provide “expert-level advice, guidance and recommendations” on education policies, strategies and priorities, such as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan.

A new era for Baltimore’s Harborplace shopping complex will rise from a blank slate, the project’s developer said Sunday. A spokeswoman for MCB Real Estate, Harborplace’s newly appointed steward, said the Inner Harbor’s two “pavilions” will be torn down to make way for the waterfront promenade’s next chapter. MCB Real Estate managing partner P. David Bramble did not expound on when demolition might occur, but spokeswoman Alexandra Hughes said in an email to The Baltimore Banner that the developer will continue to engage with community members as part of its 12-month “design phase.”