Why Working-Class Marylanders Lose the Most Under the Current System
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s tax code is often described as “progressive,” “fair,” or...
Legislation
How Maryland’s Tax Code Became a Playground for Lobbyists
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s tax code did not become complicated by accident. It became complicated because...
Bouchat Files “Sexual Offender Accountability and Victim Protection Act,” Aiming to Permanently Deny Parole to Violent Sexual Predators
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Delegate Eric Bouchat (R–5th District) has filed one of the toughest criminal...
Maryland Delegate Bouchat Files Bill to Completely Repeal the VEIP Program, Ending Emissions Testing Statewide
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (VEIP) — a decades-old requirement that...
Md. ID law is a good step (Published in The Washington Post, Oct. 15, 2025)
Regarding the Oct. 5 Metro article “Md. ID marker aims to defuse conflict”: Maryland’s new “Eric’s Law,” which...
Two Maryland Murders, One Broken Policy: What Dacara Thompson and Rachel Morin Tell Us About “Sanctuary” Maryland
Maryland just lived through another horror. Nineteen-year-old Da’Cara Thompson vanished on August 22; her body was found...
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...
Freedom Wins: How Andy Harris and the House Freedom Caucus Just Protected Your Wallet from Government Control
By Michael Phillips In a time when the federal government seems increasingly eager to track, regulate, and control nearly...
Finally, A Course Correction: Why Shrinking the U.S. Department of Education Is Long Overdue
By Michael Phillips The Left is in meltdown mode after the Supreme Court’s July 2025 decision to uphold major cuts to the...
Maryland’s Rigged System? Andy Ellis Says the Real Power Problem Is in Annapolis
By Michael Phillips Let’s play a game. Imagine you live in a state where elections are decided before you vote,...
Carroll County Lawmakers Push Back Against PSEG Land Access: “No Approval, No Trespassing”
By Michael Phillips The Carroll County Delegation of the Maryland General Assembly has formally demanded answers from...
Let the Child Be Heard: How Virginia’s New Law Empowers Truth and Justice in Family Court
By Michael Phillips “A voice silenced is a truth denied.” For far too long, that’s been the quiet tragedy playing out...
Representation or Redistribution? Why Maryland Needs Opportunity, Not Reparations
By Michael Phillips In a June 20, 2025 piece for Maryland Matters, the argument was made that Maryland must go beyond...
“For the Kids” or For the Cash? Maryland Democrats Eye New Soda Tax to Fix Their Fiscal Mess
By Michael Phillips In yet another move that proves the Maryland Democratic playbook is nothing more than a cycle of tax,...
Maryland’s New Child Support Rules: A Fast-Track to Poverty and Prison?
Maryland has once again taken aim at the very people it claims to support: struggling parents caught in the crosshairs of a...
Eminent Domain or Exploitation? What Colorado’s Land Grab Means for Maryland’s MPRP and Property Rights
By Michael Phillips In Brighton, Colorado, a quiet farm just became ground zero for a very loud warning shot: the...
Could a ‘Three Strikes’ Law for Custody Interference Pass in Maryland or Virginia?
The Texas Senate made headlines this week with the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 2794, known as the “Three Strikes...
Ripped from the Roots: The Human Toll of Maryland’s New Land War
Part of The New Land Wars series Kevin Daniels doesn’t sleep much anymore.Neither does his wife, nor their two teenage...
Maryland Pays, Virginia Plays: How an Energy Project Is Sacrificing Maryland Land for Northern Virginia’s Big Tech Boom
When Joanne Frederick first saw the survey stakes hammered into the edge of her family's Frederick County farm, she thought...
Maryland and Virginia Need Their Own TRUST Act: It’s Time to Pull Back the Curtain on Judicial Bias
When you walk into a courtroom, you expect fairness. You expect the judge to be neutral, the facts to speak louder than...