Three Baltimore Police Officers Indicted in Wage Theft and Fraud Cases
By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore’s long struggle to rebuild trust in its police department took another hit this week after...
Public Safety & Governance
Maryland’s Public Defender Shortage: A Growing Crisis the Legislature Can’t Ignore
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s criminal justice system may be heading toward a constitutional crisis—and...
Maryland’s Most Vulnerable: The Children Who Died While Annapolis Looked Away
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Since January 2023, when Gov. Wes Moore took office, Maryland has continued to lose some of...
HB 432 Sparks Heated Debate Over Vagrancy Enforcement in Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff Annapolis, Md. — A new bill moving through the Maryland General Assembly is igniting sharp debate over...
Allegany County Repeals Speed Camera Law — Should the Rest of Maryland Follow?
By MDBayNews Staff In a move that is already turning heads across the state, officials in Allegany County have voted to...
Grammer Slams HB 55 as “Extortion Cameras.” Supporters Call It Public Safety.
By MDBayNews Staff Robin Grammer is not mincing words. In a sharply worded social media post this week, the Baltimore...
Baltimore’s ICE Holding Rooms: What Changed in 2025 — And Why Maryland Democrats Are Fighting New Facilities
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For nearly a decade, the George H. Fallon Federal Office Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza has...
Montgomery County’s ICE Restrictions Test the Constitution — And Invite Federal Collision
By MDBayNews Staff The Montgomery County Council’s unanimous passage of its so-called Trust Act is being framed by...
Baltimore City Council Moves to Restrict ICE — Again. Who Pays the Price?
By MDBayNews Staff The Baltimore City Council is once again moving to limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs...
After Wootton, Annapolis Faces a Hard Question: Should Schools Be Kept in the Dark?
By MDBayNews Staff In the wake of the shooting at Wootton High School, a grim but unavoidable debate has landed squarely in...
Washington County Commissioners Back ICE as Tensions Rise Over DHS Facility Near Hagerstown
By MDBayNews Staff WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. — The Washington County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve...
From Transparency to Pressure Campaigns: Project Salt Box Urges Communities to Block Federal Detention Facilities
By MDBayNews Staff A Maryland-based volunteer group that began by tracking federal immigration activity through public...
Maryland Prison Deaths Spike to Alarming Levels, Raising Questions About Oversight and Accountability
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s state prison system recorded 68 inmate deaths in calendar year 2025, a sharp and deeply...
Maryland Lawmakers Target AI Child Exploitation With “Safe Kids Act”
By MDBayNews Staff A bipartisan group of Maryland lawmakers is moving to close a growing legal gap surrounding online child...
Prosecutors Push a Tough, Practical Agenda in Annapolis
By MDBayNews Staff In early February, the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association (MSAA) — an organization of the...
Maryland’s System Weakness Exposed — ICE Steps In Where the State Failed
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland officials quietly released Anthony Rodriguez-Gregorio, a non-citizen convicted of sexually...
Gov. Wes Moore Moves to Block ICE Detention Facility, Escalating State–Federal Clash
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is signaling a direct confrontation with the federal government over immigration...
WWII Ordnance Still Washing Ashore: Worcester County Seeks Federal Help as Public Safety Risks Grow
By MDBayNews Staff WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. — Eighty years after World War II ended, its remnants are still surfacing on...
Can Baltimore Kick the Heroin Habit With $580 Million? Or Is This Another Expensive Detour?
By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore is once again betting big on government intervention. According to a recent Baltimore Sun...