Where the Bay Meets the Truth.
By MDBayNews Staff A former Baltimore City Council candidate has been sentenced to federal prison after a jury convicted...
By MDBayNews Staff Three Maryland cousins have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to a sprawling...
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A superseding federal indictment handed down just days before Christmas has quietly exposed...
In Annapolis, even lame-duck politicians know how to take care of their friends. On October 27, just days before Election...
By Michael Phillips “This deal is just putting lipstick on a pig.”— Critics of the Market House lease In its final...
Prince George’s County, Maryland, is often described as the crown jewel of majority-Black prosperity: nearly one million...
What started as an innocent coffee meeting in a Towson café turned into one of the most expensive “chats” in Baltimore...
On an August night in Prince George’s County, Maryland, a high school football game at Bishop McNamara should have been a...
On September 10, 2025, Maryland Matters ran a glowing report about the Maryland Board of Public Works approving a $465...
On social media, I recently wrote: “Every child deserves the love and presence of both parents. Yet so many fathers are...
When the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division sent a July 14, 2025, letter to Maryland’s top election...
In politics, reputations are hard to shake. In family court, reputations are too easily ignored. Maryland attorney John H....
Have you ever thought, “Gee, I’d love to have the power to release violent offenders back onto the streets, but I...
In Maryland today, parents seeking to see their children face harsher repercussions than actual criminals. Violent...
Sarah Elfreth, Maryland’s freshman Representative, has enjoyed a rapid rise in Democratic politics. But with that rise...
When a decorated former member of the Army JAG Corps, Lydia D. York, blows the whistle on corruption in her own backyard,...
For years, politicians in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore have been eager to tout falling crime numbers. Headlines trumpet...
In an age where we’re told that work is the path to independence, one Virginia parent discovered that the very attempt to...
It has now been nearly two years since I last saw my son. Not because I disappeared, not because I failed to show up, not...
America has spent decades wagging its finger at the rest of the world about “human trafficking,” while right here at...
The idea that Maryland’s family courts may be tainted by bias, favoritism, or even outright corruption cannot be...
Family court is supposed to protect children, safeguard parental rights, and ensure fair enforcement of custody and...
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has proven to be less of a watchdog for Maryland citizens and more of a partisan...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott loves to tout “historic reductions” in homicides and violent crime, but for many...
By Michael Phillips When Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Family Court allowed John Michel to step into the role of “de...
By Michael Phillips In the warped theater of Anne Arundel County Family Court, the Reichert v. Hornbeck saga has reached a...
By Michael Phillips The recent Anne Arundel County ruling in Reichert v. Hornbeck—where Judge Elizabeth S. Morris granted...
By Michael Phillips In Reichert v. Hornbeck, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County has set one of the most dangerous...
By Michael Phillips Maryland may boast of its crab feasts, blue-ribbon schools, and proximity to the nation’s...
By Michael Phillips In a state where Democrats have long held political dominance, Maryland’s elections officials are...
By Michael Phillips In theory, Maryland’s family courts are supposed to be the guardians of justice for families in...
By Michael Phillips Ah yes, the smiling governor. Wes Moore—part motivational speaker, part tax collector, all...
By Michael Phillips Andy Ellis doesn’t need your sympathy. He needs your attention. The Green Party candidate for...
There’s a growing sentiment among everyday Marylanders — not activists, not bureaucrats, but the people who work, raise...
By Michael Phillips It’s the biggest magic trick in Maryland politics: take a $5.5 billion surplus, light it on fire,...
By Michael Phillips Let’s play a game. Imagine you live in a state where elections are decided before you vote,...