Maryland’s TANF Shell Game: $833 Million Spent — Only 24% to Families
By MDBayNews Staff Credit: This article is based on reporting by Tessa Bentulan for Spotlight on Maryland, a collaboration...
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Ranked-Choice Voting: Democracy’s “Upgrade” That No One Asked For
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass recently praised ranked-choice voting (RCV) as a...
Brown Rushes to SCOTUS to Defend Birthright Citizenship — But Who Is He Really Defending?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Anthony Brown announced that he was defending birthright citizenship before the...
Potomac Sewage Spill Sparks Outrage, Renewed Demands for Accountability and Infrastructure Reform
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The fallout from the massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac River is far from over. As...
MS-13 Clique Leader Indicted in Sweeping RICO Case: A Test for Maryland’s Public Safety Leadership
By MDBayNews Staff Federal prosecutors have unsealed a major indictment targeting an alleged MS-13 clique leader and...
From Supreme Court Insider to Federal Convict: Thomas Goldstein Found Guilty in Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff A federal jury in Maryland has convicted prominent appellate attorney Thomas Goldstein on multiple...
Maryland Judiciary Issues Public Warning About Toll Violation Scam Targeting Baltimore Residents
By MDBayNews Staff The Maryland Judiciary has issued an urgent public warning after identifying a fraudulent text-message...
Maryland Lawmakers Move to Strengthen Inspector General Independence After AG Opinion Sparks Concern
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, MD — In a rare bipartisan move, Delegates Vaughn Stewart (D) and Ryan Nawrocki (R) have...
Brown’s “Green Light” for the ICE Breaker Act Is a Political Endorsement Disguised as Legal Analysis
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Annapolis, self-congratulation travels fast. This week, allies of Adrian Boafo declared...
Maryland’s Legal Offensive Expands: Brown’s Lawsuits Against Trump Now Top 55
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown is no longer simply responding to federal policy...
Maryland AG Brown Joins Multistate Lawsuit Over Federal Vaccine Overhaul
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a multistate lawsuit challenging what...
Maryland’s Behavioral Health Push: Compassion, Cost, and the Coming Budget Fight
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland heads deeper into the 2026 General Assembly session, state legislators and mental health...
Maryland AG Brown Sues DHS Over Counterterrorism Grants — But Is This About Public Safety or Politics?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined five other Democrat-led states in filing...
Maryland Delegation Split on State of the Union Night
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On February 24, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address...
The $30 Billion Mirage: How Maryland’s “Blueprint” Became a Case Study in Expensive Failure
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future—often called the Kirwan plan—passed in 2021,...
Education Funds, Ballot Deadlines, and the Next Immigration Fight
By MDBayNews Staff With Maryland’s candidate filing deadline closing and major legislation moving through Annapolis, the...
Montgomery County Bets on Ramp Meters. Is That Enough to Fix Gridlock?
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County commuters are about to see something new at the end of their on-ramps: red lights....
Delegate Eric Bouchat Will Not Seek Re-Election After Two Decades on Maryland Ballots
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews CARROLL COUNTY — After appearing on Maryland ballots for nearly 20 years, Delegate...
What Trump’s SOTU — and Spanberger’s Rebuttal — Mean for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews President Trump didn’t mention Maryland by name in his State of the Union. No Baltimore...
Maryland HB 942: Criminalizing Custody Interference Is Necessary — But Without Structural Enforcement Reform, It Will Not Fix Maryland’s Family Court Crisis
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, separated parents in Maryland have lived with a painful contradiction: custody...
BGE’s $500 Million Peninsula Project Raises Big Questions About Oversight, Cost, and Who Pays
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland ratepayers are once again staring down a massive utility price tag — this time for a...
Maryland’s Redistricting Pressure Cooker: Closed-Door Politics and the 50-Day Clock
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Annapolis is no stranger to hardball politics. But when members of Maryland’s...
DHS Funding Fight Raises Stakes for Maryland’s Federal Workforce
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On several occasions, Chris Van Hollen has made his position unmistakably clear, including...
Moore Touts $8.5 Billion Housing Impact — But Are Marylanders Feeling It?
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore took to social media this week to celebrate what he called a major success for the...
Maryland’s Political Echo Chamber: Brown’s ICE Lawsuit Backed by Two Insiders — But Where’s the Public?
By MDBayNews Staff When Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced his lawsuit aimed at blocking construction of a...
When Classrooms Become Campaign Headquarters, Parents Should Push Back
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Opinion There is a line between teaching students how to think and telling them what to...
Supermajority in Chaos: Maryland Democrats Riven by Democratic Socialist Faction — Republicans and Independents Could Be the Real Winners
By MDBayNews Staff While Maryland Republicans grapple with their own public infighting, the state’s dominant Democratic...
A Party at War With Itself: Maryland Republicans Face a Defining Crossroads
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Republicans don’t have the luxury of civil war. Yet that is precisely what appears to be...
Cruisers Smashed, No Immediate Arrests, Public Asked for Help: What the Chevy Chase Street Takeover Reveals About Public Safety in Montgomery County
By MDBayNews Staff A chaotic street takeover at East-West Highway and Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase has escalated from...
Hearing Tomorrow: HB 970 Would Redefine Nuclear as “Tier 1” Clean Energy in Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff Annapolis will take up a consequential energy bill tomorrow that could reshape Maryland’s energy...
Politics Over Protection: How Annapolis Is Undermining Federal Law Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When a state attorney general sues to block federal immigration enforcement, it is no...
Ethics Questions Still Linger Around Maryland AG Anthony Brown
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Thirteen months after a formal ethics complaint was filed against Maryland Attorney General...
Maryland AG Brown Joins Multi-State Coalition to Block Federal Limits on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors — But At What Cost to Maryland?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined a coalition of Democratic-led states opposing two new...
Policing, Crime, and the Communities Caught in the Middle
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Few issues in modern American life generate more heat than policing. Slogans travel...
Can Maryland Fix Its One-Party Democracy? A Reform Roadmap for Real Competition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s one-party dominance is not new. Democrats have controlled the General Assembly...
Project Baltimore Raises Red Flags on Moore’s Pick for Education Inspector General
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore has nominated Natalia Medina Ahn to serve as Maryland’s next Inspector General for...
Safe Seats, Silent Voters: What Maryland’s One-Party Rule Means for Democracy
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In a state where one party controls virtually every lever of power, what does it say about...
LD-17 Lawmaker Defends ICE Protests During School Hours as Reelection Looms, Attacks Parents Instead
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews GAITHERSBURG, Md. — With a reelection campaign approaching, a Maryland state legislator...
55 Ways Maryland Has Been Pillaged Under Gov. Wes Moore
By MDBayNews Staff When Wes Moore took office in January 2023, he promised to “leave no one behind.” Three years later,...
Filing Clock Ticking: Does the Deadline Cripple Gov. Moore’s Redistricting Push?
By MDBayNews Staff With just days remaining before Maryland’s candidate filing deadline on February 24, a late-stage...