State audit shocker: $8.5 billion in spending with little oversight
(WBFF) — A recent state legislative audit uncovered significant concerns about the oversight of billions in state spending as the state grapples with a billion-dollar budget deficit. The audit revealed that 42 state offices spent a total of $8.5 billion last year with minimal oversight. "It's a problem that...
New report sheds light on incarcerated who committed crimes as kids
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — A new report offers insight into the lives of incarcerated individuals who committed crimes as children. Researchers with an advocacy organization known as Human Rights for Kids administered surveys to more than 2,200 incarcerated individuals in more than 38 states. The respondents had...
Movie filmed in Baltimore generated $9 million in economic impact for Maryland
A movie that was filmed in Baltimore and is set to be released next year on streaming platforms Disney+ and Hulu generated $9.4 million in economic impact for Maryland, Gov. Wes Moore announced on Monday.
Free Buses Can Be a Reality — Just Look at Maryland
During the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic downturn, many people couldn’t pay their transportation costs, and often didn’t. In New York City in 2021, some 21 percent of bus riders did not pay the fare, a figure that grew to 48 percent in 2024. Some local governments, including New York City, responded...
Debate Ignites as Maryland Opens Applications for New Rental Assistance Program: Moore Asserts it...
WUSA - 11/27/2025 11:08:00 AM. Maryland Governor Moore recently announced the opening of rental assistance applications for children enrolled in community schools across eight counties in Maryland. The Community Schools Rental Assistance Program (CSRAP) aims to prevent homelessness and support children's development....
Lawmaker pushes bill to prevent felony-charged teachers from working in Maryland schools
Hunt Valley, Md. (WBFF) — Calls continue to grow for Harford County Public Schools to investigate why the district hired a teacher who was charged with stealing $215,000 from taxpayers. Some lawmakers want answers. “Parents are just like, ‘what has happened to our school system?’” Stated Delegate Lauren Arikan,...
Chesapeake Bay officials poised to study inclusion of Native American tribes
Leaders of federally recognized Virginia tribes, who first asked for a seat at the table in January, say a decision can’t come soon enough
Maryland Teen Ja’Nyah Grays, 14, Dies Suddenly After Seizure As Heartbrokekn Community Rallies
Family members shared that 14-year-old Ja’Nyah Grays died suddenly and unexpectedly after suffering a seizure early one morning in Maryland. She “tragically did not recover,” her loved ones wrote in a GoFundMe created in her memory. Her death has left what they described as “a void in...
Woodbridge Dad Says Driver Tried To Ram Him With 1-Year-Old In Car During Road...
Prince William County Police said officers were called just after 10:23 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27, to the 13000 block of Worth Avenue in Woodbridge for a road-rage report in a parking lot. A 38-year-old man told investigators he got into a dispute with another driver when the situation took...
Concern for Missing 13-Year-Old
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Kai Yogis, a missing 13-year-old from Bethesda. Yogis was last seen on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 1 p.m., in the 5100 block of River Hill Rd....
