Moore Touts $3 Million for Purple Line “Revitalization” — After Years of Delays and Billions in Costs
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Governor Wes Moore is celebrating a $3 million proposal for “business...
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Maryland Lawmakers Push Tougher Penalties for Fentanyl Distribution Causing Death
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are advancing legislation that would significantly...
Moore’s Transit Housing Plan Sparks Backlash Over Local Control, Traffic, and Cost
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s push for the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act...
Maryland Lawmakers Consider Expanding Use of Genetic Genealogy to Solve Cold Cases
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers are weighing a proposal that could sharpen one of law enforcement’s most powerful...
Maryland Counties Warned: New Data Privacy Rules Could Reshape Local Government Operations
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland county governments are being warned to prepare for a growing wave of data privacy obligations,...
Anthony Brown’s Latest Lawsuit: Maryland’s Attorney General Can’t Quit the Anti-Trump Legal Circus
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has once again joined a coalition of Democratic...
Silicon Valley in Annapolis: Waymo’s Push for Driverless Taxis Comes With Campaign Cash for Gov. Wes Moore
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland lawmakers debate whether to open the state’s roads to fully autonomous vehicles, a Silicon...
Maryland Senate Republicans Move to Roll Back Vehicle Registration Fee Hikes
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Senate Republicans are pushing new legislation aimed at reversing steep...
Illegal Alien Sentenced in Major SNAP Fraud Scheme Targeting Maryland Taxpayers
By MDBayNews Staff A foreign national living illegally in the United States has been sentenced for participating in a...
Montgomery County Airpark at a Crossroads
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews GAITHERSBURG, Md. — After years of simmering disputes over aircraft noise, safety...
Maryland Leaders Prepare to Resist ICE Surge — But at What Cost to the Rule of Law?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s progressive leadership is once again positioning the state as a front line in the national...
Maryland’s Public Defender Shortage: A Growing Crisis the Legislature Can’t Ignore
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s criminal justice system may be heading toward a constitutional crisis—and...
Montgomery County Seeks More Courthouse Security Funding as Threats Against Judges Rise
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County officials are moving forward with a new funding request aimed at improving security at...
Maryland House Passes HB 432: Public Safety Reform or Urban Chaos Experiment?
By MDBayNews Staff A controversial bill moving through Annapolis is igniting sharp debate over public safety, homelessness...
Sanctuary Over Sanity: Montgomery’s Executive Candidates Choose ICE Protests Over Public Safety
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County’s political class has made its choice. Not public safety.Not...
Baltimore SAO Announces Guilty Plea in Federal Hill Bouncer Assault Case
By MDBayNews Staff The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office announced Monday that a guilty plea has been secured in...
Repeat Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation — Hard Questions for Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff A repeat sex offender has pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual exploitation of a child, according...
Jennings Sounds the Alarm on SB 791: “Public Safety Should Never Be Political”
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland State Senator J.B. Jennings is drawing a clear line in the sand over Senate Bill 791, warning...
ICE Activity Expands in Maryland as Elkridge Plan Pivots and Hagerstown Moves Forward
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s immigration enforcement debate intensified this week as new federal notices,...
Decades of Appeasement: Maryland Democrats Still Don’t Understand Iran
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, Maryland’s Democratic leadership has followed the same foreign policy playbook...
Bates Responds to Not Guilty Verdict in Daaon Spears Case as Baltimore Demands Answers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office released a formal statement Friday following a...
From Model Counties to Warning Signs?
By MDBayNews Staff For decades, Montgomery County, Howard County, and Baltimore County were marketed as Maryland’s crown...
Profanity for Thee, But Not for Me? The Baltimore Sun’s Olympic Hypocrisy
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Sun wants to clutch its pearls. In a February 26 reader commentary titled...
MS-13 Clique Leader Indicted in Sweeping RICO Case: A Test for Maryland’s Public Safety Leadership
By MDBayNews Staff Federal prosecutors have unsealed a major indictment targeting an alleged MS-13 clique leader and...
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...
Maryland’s Behavioral Health Push: Compassion, Cost, and the Coming Budget Fight
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland heads deeper into the 2026 General Assembly session, state legislators and mental health...
Moore Touts $8.5 Billion Housing Impact — But Are Marylanders Feeling It?
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore took to social media this week to celebrate what he called a major success for the...
Cruisers Smashed, No Immediate Arrests, Public Asked for Help: What the Chevy Chase Street Takeover Reveals About Public Safety in Montgomery County
By MDBayNews Staff A chaotic street takeover at East-West Highway and Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase has escalated from...
Politics Over Protection: How Annapolis Is Undermining Federal Law Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When a state attorney general sues to block federal immigration enforcement, it is no...
Policing, Crime, and the Communities Caught in the Middle
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Few issues in modern American life generate more heat than policing. Slogans travel...
Maryland’s Most Vulnerable: The Children Who Died While Annapolis Looked Away
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Since January 2023, when Gov. Wes Moore took office, Maryland has continued to lose some of...
135 Deaths. How Many More Under Wes Moore’s Watch?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Since Wes Moore took office in January 2023, Maryland’s prison system has recorded at...
Frederick Man Charged With Violating National Defense Airspace: What It Means for Security and Civil Liberties
By MDBayNews Staff Frederick, MD — A 66-year-old Frederick man made his first federal court appearance this week on a...
Lock Your Guns or Live With the Consequences
By MDBayNews Staff There are two truths that responsible gun owners should be able to say out loud without hesitation: The...
Maryland’s Priorities Are Upside Down — 55 Dead From Cold, Zero From Immigration Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s Democratic leadership has once again chosen performance over priorities. Over...
Moore Announces AI Workforce Push — But Is Maryland Ready to Compete? And Who Does This Benfit?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Gov. Wes Moore this week announced a new round of program investments aimed at preparing...
Federal-State Crackdown Nets Hundreds in Maryland Public Safety Sweep
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s top federal prosecutor has announced a sweeping joint enforcement operation that led to...
MVA Fee Hikes Hit Maryland Families Hard: Safety Measure or Cash Grab?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland families are once again feeling the squeeze — this time at the Motor Vehicle Administration....
Jennings Pushes Emergency Flexibility for Condos Under Senate Bill 576
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland condominium and cooperative housing communities could soon gain more flexibility during...
Harris Slams Moore Administration Over Juvenile Gun Charging Reform: “Coddling Criminals?”
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s debate over crime policy just reignited — and this time, it’s centered on...