Spotlight on Maryland, a collaboration between FOX45 News, WJLA in Washington, D.C., and The Baltimore Sun, produces articles highlighting the region’s successes and identifying solutions to challenges facing Maryland communities.
Spotlight on Maryland
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
Across Baltimore, in more than 115 seemingly ordinary homes, seniors are warehoused in unlicensed assisted...
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
A nonprofit that provides arts educators to Baltimore City Public Schools, is facing growing scrutiny...
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.
A Maryland nonprofit that helps school districts — including Baltimore City Public Schools — hire...
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
Despite City Hall touting public-health strategies and police reporting thousands of foot patrols, Baltimore residents...
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 p.m.
The Maryland State Department of Education is proposing changes that would delay lessons on gender identities from...
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.
Some nonprofit leaders are questioning why the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund sent $7 million...
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund has repeatedly ignored Spotlight on Maryland’s questions about how it...
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 p.m.
Residents near Yorkewood Apartments in Northeast Baltimore say open drug dealing and chronic code issues...
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
Baltimore City Councilman Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer says the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund should be...
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.
Maryland awarded more than $6 million taxpayer dollars to a nonprofit that has not filed...
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.
As Gov. Wes Moore blames Washington gridlock and President Trump for rising health care costs,...
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
Reporting on the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund shows gaps in transparency, raising questions about...
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.
Three mass overdose incidents, when roughly 45 people overdosed, have shaken Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood...
October 18, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.
The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund (BCYF) awarded $62,500 in taxpayer money to a nonprofit...
October 17, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
Federal officials are raising concerns about public safety and who may be funding adjacent movements like antifa ahead...
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Almost 18 months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Maryland’s roughly $2 billion rebuild...
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
Records show that county executives and at least one statewide leader are spending far less...
October 14, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made an unannounced visit to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport,...
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.
A bill proposing new regulations on the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund is in limbo...
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 a.m.
The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund spent roughly $100,000 in taxpayer money on a civil...
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 a.m.
Maryland’s legal marijuana market, once expected to become a major driver of new jobs and...
October 9, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.
The taxpayer-backed Baltimore Children and Youth Fund (BCYF) is under investigation by the Baltimore City...
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
As the federal government shutdown stretches into another week, Maryland’s deep dependence on Washington dollars...
October 7, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
Baltimore residents in Federal Hill say Mayor Brandon Scott owes them answers after revelations that...
October 6, 2025 at 6:12 a.m.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and restaurant owner Antonio Olmedo share starkly different views of the...
October 4, 2025 at 5:01 a.m.
A clash is brewing at City Hall over the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund (BCYF),...
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
Baltimore taxpayers are spending more than $160,000 for Mayor Brandon Scott’s new ride, a fully...
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.
Maryland public schools could lose federal funding over gender identity policies, as a clash escalates...
September 26, 2025 at 5:02 a.m.
A new state job designed to help nonprofits secure grant funding leaves a veteran West...
September 24, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
Baltimore residents are footing the bill for city services that some of the largest nonprofit...
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 a.m.
The taxpayer-backed Baltimore Children and Youth Fund spent about $50,000 to send more than a...
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 a.m.
Councilman Mark Conway has been asking for a plan to address Baltimore's open-air drug markets...
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 p.m.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said his agency is alarmed by Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed...
September 19, 2025 at 7:25 a.m.
“It’s a shame how they're wasting public tax dollars,” Reverend P.M. Smith told Spotlight on...
September 19, 2025 at 7:27 a.m.
Maryland lawmakers and legal experts are debating whether judges should face consequences for light sentences...
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