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Republicans, D.C. Watchdog Group Sue to Keep Redistricting Amendment Off November Ballot

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Republican lawmakers and a Washington-based conservative watchdog group filed suit...

Michael Phillips
August 7, 2026

DeMarinis Walks Back Bettor Threat, Refers Prediction Markets for Investigation Anyway

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Staff Maryland's top election official spent four weeks moving from "under review" to an...

Michael Phillips
August 1, 2026

Anne Arundel Schools Face Federal Investigation Over Policy That Let Staff Withhold a Student’s Gender Transition From Her Parents

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Anne Arundel County Public Schools is now the subject of a federal investigation that could...

Michael Phillips
July 27, 2026

Maryland Democrats Answer DHS With a Lawsuit — While a Small Town Sits on a Records Request Nine Months Overdue

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Republican Del. Ryan Nawrocki told Fox45 two weeks ago that Maryland "will not comply"...

Michael Phillips
July 25, 2026

Gun Rights Coalition Asks Maryland’s Top Court to Hear Reciprocity Case — But the Argument They’re Pushing Was Never Actually Ruled On

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A coalition of Second Amendment groups is urging the Supreme Court of Maryland to take up...

Michael Phillips
July 24, 2026

DOJ Sues Maryland Over Community Trust Act — Second Federal Challenge in Six Weeks

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Department of Justice sued Maryland and Attorney General Anthony Brown on July 9,...

Michael Phillips
July 10, 2026

Maryland Sets Aug. 3-5 Special Session on Redistricting — But the Dates Conflict with the State’s Own Ballot Deadline

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's General Assembly will return to Annapolis Aug. 3-5 for a special...

Michael Phillips
July 7, 2026

Moore Signs Immigrant Rights Executive Order — While Letting Stronger Protections Sit Unsigned

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Friday creating the Maryland Immigrant Rights...

Michael Phillips
June 6, 2026

She Slipped the Cuffs, Fought Two Officers, Drove Impaired — Then Walked Away Clean. Years Later, Under Oath, She Said She Didn’t Remember.

A deposition transcript obtained by this outlet reveals that Sarah Hornbeck admitted under oath to a...

Michael Phillips
March 30, 2026

Brown vs. Trump, Again: Maryland’s Attorney General Doubles Down on Political Litigation

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is back in familiar territory: filing yet another...

Michael Phillips
March 18, 2026

Montgomery County’s Circuit Court Election Is a Blindfolded Vote

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Montgomery County, one of the most powerful offices on the ballot is also one of the...

Michael Phillips
March 18, 2026

Maryland AG Anthony Brown’s Latest Lawsuit: More Politics, More Posturing, Less Accountability

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is at it again. This time, Brown has joined yet...

Michael Phillips
March 17, 2026

Brown Joins the Amnesty Bloc: Maryland’s Attorney General Sides with Activist States Over Sovereignty and Rule of Law

By MDBayNews Staff In a move that should surprise absolutely no one paying attention to Annapolis politics, Anthony G....

Staff Writer
March 16, 2026

Disabled Father’s Explosive ADA Lawsuit Slams Maryland Court for Systemic Discrimination—Will AG Brown Defend the Indefensible?

By Michael Phillips | Thunder Report | MDBayNews In a blistering federal lawsuit that exposes the ugly underbelly of...

Michael Phillips
March 11, 2026

Brown’s Latest Anti-ICE Lawsuit Is Political Theater — And It’s Likely to Fail

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed yet another lawsuit against federal...

Michael Phillips
March 11, 2026

Howard County’s ICE Facility Fiasco: How Political Theater Created a $21 Million Lawsuit

By MDBayNews Staff Howard County’s decision to block a planned ICE processing facility in Elkridge may go down as one of...

Michael Phillips
March 8, 2026

Baltimore’s Protective Order Machine: When Allegations Become Weapons

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the state can take your freedom, your reputation, and your livelihood based on a...

Michael Phillips
February 27, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
February 27, 2026

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...

Staff Writer
February 27, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
February 26, 2026

Maryland AG Moves to Dismiss Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit in High-Conflict Child Custody Case

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A federal civil rights lawsuit challenging prosecutorial decisions and court conduct in a...

Michael Phillips
February 24, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
February 23, 2026

Schifanelli: Maryland Constitution Limits Governor’s Power Over Sheriffs

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As debate continues over Maryland’s recent ban on formal 287(g) immigration enforcement...

Michael Phillips
February 20, 2026

Former Maryland Child Support Employee Pleads Guilty to Timesheet Fraud, Ordered to Pay $42,000

By MDBayNews Staff A former employee of Maryland’s child support enforcement system has pleaded guilty to falsifying time...

Michael Phillips
February 6, 2026

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