Baltimore County Council Votes Itself a 74% Raise Weeks Before the Election
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore County Council voted Monday night to raise its own pay by nearly 74 percent,...
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The Council Reinvents Itself: Baltimore County Faces Historic Turnover
By MDBayNews Staff TOWSON, Md. — Baltimore County voters approved a lot more than new district lines when they passed...
Rutledge Uses Sparrows Point Crash to Press Brown on Juvenile Crime, as a New Youth Charging Law Nears Its Oct. 1 Start
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — Republican attorney general nominee Jim Rutledge is using a...
Democrats Call Him an Out-of-State ‘Plant.’ His Campaign Says He Was Born in Baltimore County.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Democratic Party wants voters in northern Baltimore County to see Republican...
Rutledge Says Back River Plant Is ‘An Epic Failure,’ Presses Brown on Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BEL AIR, MD — Republican attorney general nominee Jim Rutledge called Baltimore's Back...
Suspended for Showing Up: The Dundalk Firefighters Punished for Helping After 9/11
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, an old Baltimore County story is making...
Maryland Has 240 Bridges Rated “Structurally Deficient.” None of Them Was the Key Bridge.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two and a half years after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River,...
A real swing district, an unconventional GOP challenger, and a Senate seat with no primary drama at all
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 8, covering Rosedale, Overlea, Parkville, Perry Hall, Carney and White Marsh in...
District 7’s GOP delegation heads into November unchallenged in the general — but not without a live lawsuit hanging over one member
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 7, spanning northern Baltimore County and part of Harford County, is safe...
District 6 is Maryland’s real swing district — and the primary results prove it
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 6, covering Dundalk, Essex, Rosedale, Edgemere and Middle River in southeast...
The Eastern Shore Faces a Familiar Choice: Inside the MD-1 General Election
With the June primary settled, Maryland's 1st Congressional District has its three-way lineup for November: Republican...
Former Del. Jay Jalisi Sues to Force a Do-Over Primary in District 10
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Hasan M. "Jay" Jalisi wants a second shot at the House of Delegates, and he's asking a...
Moore Celebrated a 2030 Port Terminal on Friday. But Last Tuesday, He Fired the Bridge Contractor.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Friday, May 1, Governor Wes Moore stood at Coke Point in Dundalk and declared a new...
Maryland Counties Revolt Against Moore’s Disability Cuts as $150M Reduction Sparks Statewide Backlash
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A rare bipartisan backlash is building across Maryland as counties push back against...
Two Airports, Two Standards: Why Accountability Exists in Baltimore County—But Not Montgomery
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Maryland, aircraft noise is not a new problem. For years, communities living near...
Open Seat Sets Up High-Stakes Race for Baltimore County Executive in 2026
By MDBayNews Staff The race for Baltimore County Executive is quickly becoming one of the most consequential local...
From Model Counties to Warning Signs?
By MDBayNews Staff For decades, Montgomery County, Howard County, and Baltimore County were marketed as Maryland’s crown...
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...
Chick Webb: Baltimore’s King of Swing Who Beat the Odds
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Before the national media crowned others the “King of Swing,” Baltimore had already...
A $57,000 Power Bill and a Warning for Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff When a third-generation local grocery store is staring at a nearly $58,000 monthly electric bill,...
Izzy Patoka Wants to Ban ICE in Baltimore County — But Who Handles Enforcement Then?
By MDBayNews Staff When the news broke that the U.S. General Services Administration leased office space in Hunt Valley for...
Baltimore County’s Pay Raise Push Sparks Backlash as Residents Brace for Higher Costs
By MDBayNews Staff As many Maryland families tighten their belts amid rising taxes, utility bills, and housing costs,...
Money, Momentum, and the Insider Question: What Baltimore County’s Executive Fundraising Reveals
By MDBayNews Staff The first major round of campaign finance reports in the open-seat race for Baltimore County Executive...
Open Seats and High Stakes: A Look at Maryland’s 2026 County Executive Races
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 2026 election cycle is shaping up to be one of the most consequential years for local...
Baltimore County Lawsuit Alleges Illegal Protective Orders and Years-Long Separation of Father and Son
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A civil lawsuit filed on December 2, 2025, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County...
Why Does Maryland Keep Releasing Violent Offenders? And Why Don’t Domestic Violence Victims Matter?
By Michael Phillips Maryland is facing a crisis—one that lawmakers, judges, and bail commissioners never seem to take...
When Local Government Fails, Taxpayers Should Have a Nuclear Option
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Right-of-Center Commentary Local government is supposed to be the closest to the people...
Tragedy in Curtis Bay: Father’s Guilty Plea in Toddler’s Death Exposes Maryland’s Broken Child Welfare System
BALTIMORE, MD – The guilty plea of Nathan Houck, a 32-year-old Curtis Bay father, in the fentanyl overdose death of his...
Doritos, Drones, and Doubt: Baltimore’s AI Safety Experiment Just Pointed a Gun at Common Sense
In the age of artificial intelligence, it seems even a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos can get you held at gunpoint. That’s...
Maryland Admits Nearly 1,000 Foster Children Missing Since 2020 — Most Are Teenage Girls
In a letter released on October 22, 2025, Maryland’s Department of Human Services (DHS) confirmed what advocates had long...
The $190,000 Coffee: How a One-Hour Meeting Exposed Baltimore County’s Culture of Cronyism
What started as an innocent coffee meeting in a Towson café turned into one of the most expensive “chats” in Baltimore...
The Key Bridge Rebuild: A $1.8 Billion Test of Whether Politics or Merit Wins
When the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, it wasn’t just Baltimore that shook. America’s supply...
Friday Night Lights, Dark Family Secrets: How a Father Who Won Was Erased — And Who Profited
On an August night in Prince George’s County, Maryland, a high school football game at Bishop McNamara should have been a...
Fathers’ Rights Are Not an Excuse—They’re a Crisis
On social media, I recently wrote: “Every child deserves the love and presence of both parents. Yet so many fathers are...
The Opportunist: From Gun Board Failure to Family Court Predator
In politics, reputations are hard to shake. In family court, reputations are too easily ignored. Maryland attorney John H....
Concordia Preparatory School: A Tarnished Legacy of Misconduct and Misplaced Priorities
When I went to Bishop McNamara earlier this month expecting a football game, I did not expect the fight that ended it...
The Deadly Cost of Leniency: How Maryland’s System Keeps Releasing Repeat Offenders Who Kill Again
In the wake of the tragic murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light...
Maryland’s Drug Crisis: A Decline in Overdoses, But Far from Victory
For years, Maryland has been at the epicenter of America’s opioid epidemic. Fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and...
Andy Harris: Maryland’s Lone Republican Fighter in Washington
In a state painted deep blue, one man continues to carry the torch for conservative Marylanders: Congressman Andy Harris....
Top 15 Places to Live in Maryland (According to People Who Actually Live Here)
Maryland: home of crabs, corruption, and “character-rich” communities. If you’ve grown tired of safe suburbs,...