Maryland Passes Budget With $126 Million in Disability Cuts. Advocates Say the Damage Is Done.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — It is official. Senate Bill 282, Maryland's fiscal year 2027 budget, passed...
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Maryland’s Disability Rate Is Rising — And the Increase Is Statewide
Most counties saw higher percentages of residents with a disability in 2024 than in 2023, according to new federal data....
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...
Maryland’s Snow Removal Report Card: We Graded It — Then Applied the Curve
By Snowy McSnowFace | MDBayNews More than a week after Maryland’s latest snowstorm, one thing is clear: the snow is gone,...
Moore Dodges Questions as SNAP Fraud Allegations Raise Accountability Concerns
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore is facing renewed scrutiny after declining to directly answer questions surrounding...
SNAP Oversight Failure Could Cost Maryland Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland may be forced to pay more than $300 million in new costs to the federal government...
Maryland’s Illegal Senior Care Homes Are Still Operating in Plain Sight — And the State Still Won’t Prosecute Them
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Annapolis Watch Two and a half years after Maryland lawmakers “cracked down” on...
Trump’s SNAP Reform: Work, Dignity, and the Return of Common Sense
By Michael R. Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Department of Human Services sent out a panicked email this week warning...
Maryland’s SNAP Chaos: Wes Moore Fixes the Problem… Wes Moore Created?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Opinion Gov. Wes Moore has taken to X again to declare himself Maryland’s fearless...
Government Shutdown Hits Day 26: Maryland Families Bear the Brunt as Stalemate Persists
As the federal government shutdown drags into its 26th day—the second-longest in U.S. history—Maryland’s federal...
The Disabilities You Don’t See — and the Systems That Still Don’t See Us
America still pictures disability as something you can see: a wheelchair ramp, a white cane, a prosthetic limb.But for tens...
New Mexico Turns Oil Into Child Care. Why Can’t Maryland Do the Same?
New Mexico, one of the nation’s most energy-rich states, has quietly pulled off something Democrats in Maryland only...
Rockville’s “Wild Wild West”: Veterans Betrayed, Vouchers Misused, and Montgomery County’s Culture of Corruption
When a decorated former member of the Army JAG Corps, Lydia D. York, blows the whistle on corruption in her own backyard,...
Baltimore Is Collapsing — And the Left Is to Blame
Baltimore is not a city in “transition.” It is a city in collapse. The numbers speak for themselves: roughly 250,000...
Junk Food Bans Miss the Point: RFK Jr. Should Fix SNAP’s Broken Access to Healthy Food
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently floated the idea of banning “junk food” from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
No Amnesty, No Apologies: John Myrick Stakes Bold Ground on Immigration with Support for ‘Plan Dignity’
By Michael Phillips In a political climate where most candidates dodge immigration reform or default to talking points,...
Scrappy Comes Home: What a Stolen Service Dog Reveals About Crime, Community, and Common Sense
By Michael Phillips On July 7, 2025, a quiet residential street in Temple Hills, Maryland, became the center of a...
35 Years of the ADA: A Civil Rights Law in Name, Not in Practice
By Michael Phillips Next week, America will mark 35 years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Fireworks, Fear, and Lawlessness: Ocean City’s July 4th Chaos Reveals a Growing Crisis of Public Disorder
By Michael Phillips On what should have been a night of patriotic celebration, Ocean City, Maryland instead became a case...
“Who’s Protecting the Children?”: John Myrick Calls for Family Court Investigation in Maryland
By | July 2025 In Maryland, it’s easier to garnish a father’s wages than it is to guarantee him a phone call with his...
Restoring Order or Overreaching? Laurel’s Summer Youth Curfew Draws a Line
By Michael Phillips In a move both praised and condemned, the City of Laurel, Maryland, has taken a bold stand against...
Blacklisted Before the Ballot: How Maryland’s Media and Machine Silence Independent Candidates
By Michael Phillips Andy Ellis doesn’t need your sympathy. He needs your attention. The Green Party candidate for...
Moore Picks Republican Ed Rothstein to Head Veterans Department — Symbolism Over Substance?
By Michael Phillips In a headline that raised some eyebrows across Maryland, Democratic Governor Wes Moore has nominated...
No Lifeguards, No Accountability: How Washington’s Bureaucratic Failures Put Maryland Families at Risk at Assateague
By Michael Phillips The Atlantic may be calm some days, but the political waters around Assateague Island are anything but....
Sticker Shock in the Mailbox: USPS Stamp Hike Hits Maryland Residents and Raises Broader Questions About Government Oversight
By Michael Phillips On July 13, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service officially raised the price of its First-Class Mail Forever...
A Preventable Tragedy: Hot Car Death in Maryland Demands Parental Vigilance, Not More Bureaucracy
By Michael Phillips In Harford County, Maryland, a 6-month-old baby girl is dead. Her life was cut short on July 6th when...
Privacy vs. Border Security? The Medicaid Data Lawsuit and the Battle for American Sovereignty
By Michael Phillips On July 1, 2025, twenty states—Maryland among them—filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump...
“New and Improved Racism” Is Still Racism: Governor Wes Moore’s Racial Wealth Agenda Misses the Mark
By Michael Phillips Governor Wes Moore took to social media this week to tout his administration’s latest slate of...
Baltimore’s DEI Boondoggle: $2.7 Million for Ideology While the City Burns
Spotlight on Maryland – Fiscal Irresponsibility, One Identity Group at a Time🔗 Original Budget Report While Baltimore...
“Let Them Eat Surcharges”: Wes Moore Graciously Offers Table Scraps to the Taxed-Into-Oblivion Masses
In a stunning act of noblesse oblige, Maryland Governor Wes Moore—fresh off another photo op and possibly his third...
Democrats Outraged Over One Arrest — But Where Was Their Outrage for the Rest of Us?
Democrats across the country erupted in outrage this week following the arrest of Senator Alex Padilla during a protest...
Maryland’s Emergency Loan Program for Former Federal Workers: Another Band-Aid on a Bigger Problem
By Michael Phillips Maryland has unveiled a new Emergency Loan Program aimed at helping former federal workers who have...
Pong for the People: How Your Tax Dollars Are Playing a Never-Ending Game with an Illegal Alien Criminal
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Somewhere between logic and liberal lunacy, Maryland and the U.S. government have found themselves locked...
Globalists in Annapolis: Who Does Chris Van Hollen Really Work For?
It’s official: Maryland’s political class is more concerned about the feelings of foreign nationals with criminal...