Emily Opilo

Emily Opilo covers City Hall for The Baltimore Sun. She previously worked the city beat for The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., where she led coverage of an FBI probe that resulted in a mayor’s resignation and conviction. She holds a master’s from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s from American University.

Baltimore resident and former squeegee worker Carlose DeBose Jr. doesn’t remember a time when he felt like a kid.

By Emily Opilo and Lilly Price

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June 02, 2023

Squeegee jobs dried up from some Baltimore intersections after city ban. Some have found work through city’s Hire Up program.

The proposed cuts introduced by City Council members Zeke Cohen and Odette Ramos would cut Baltimore's annual allocation to BOPA by nearly one-third.

By Emily Opilo and Mary Carole McCauley

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June 02, 2023

Baltimore City Council threatens to trim $1 million from BOPA as budget hearing looms for arts group

In 2022, Baltimore paid $6.4 million to private attorneys, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Sun via a Public Information Act request.

By Emily Opilo

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June 02, 2023

The hidden cost behind the costs: Baltimore paid $6.4M last year for lawyers on police, ADA, pollution cases

Baltimore officials doubled down Wednesday on their commitment to restart the city’s weekly recycling collection in early 2024, but warned that the move will be possible only if the city receives 30 new garbage trucks that are currently in production.

By Emily Opilo

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May 31, 2023

Weekly recycling to resume in Baltimore in early 2024 — as long as new garbage trucks arrive — officials say during budget talks

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts tried to trademark the Artscape name, but Baltimore City fought back.

By Emily Opilo and Mary Carole McCauley

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May 31, 2023

Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts tried to trademark Artscape name. City officials struck back.

Baltimore City Council opened its first day of budget hearings by drilling down on city personnel issues and spending in the mayor’s office.

By Emily Opilo

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May 30, 2023

Baltimore City Council probes staffing increases in mayor’s office, elsewhere on first day of budget hearings

Baltimore officials will complete two delayed projects to install underground storage tanks for treated drinking water by the end of the year, officials announced Thursday, just days after the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued an order to do so.

By Emily Opilo

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May 18, 2023

After EPA order, Baltimore says it will finish reservoir projects by the end of the year

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott touted the city's data usage during a meeting of international mayors hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

By Emily Opilo

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May 18, 2023

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott touts city data usage during meeting of international mayors hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies

Baltimore’s spending board unanimously approved on Wednesday $450,000 to settle a legal dispute.

By Tony Roberts and Emily Opilo

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May 17, 2023

Baltimore spending board approves $450,000 Gun Trace Task Force settlement; 40 cases now settled

Baltimore City Council will begin its consideration of Mayor Brandon Scott’s proposed $4.4 billion budget this week, following the document’s formal introduction to the council Monday.

By Emily Opilo

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May 15, 2023