Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen and multiple city council members outlined their legislative priorities at a news conference Monday morning — just hours before the council acted on some of them at its first meeting of 2025.

A recently proposed bill would require City schools to analyze attendance data from the 2023-24 school year in an effort to address student absenteeism.

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen plans to reintroduce a bill this year to examine best practices on city spending.

The number of students chronically absent in Baltimore City Public Schools is dropping, according to the school’s CEO. Sonja Santelises, the Baltimore City Public Schools CEO, said after reaching a hi