Maryland Just Made It Harder to Charge Violent Teens as Adults. Prosecutors Across the State Opposed It.
By MDBayNews Staff It passed yesterday. By tonight, it will be on Governor Moore's desk. The Youth Charging Reform Act...
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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...
Maryland Bans 287(g) — But Sheriffs Aren’t Backing Down. Now Comes the Legal War.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland is about to test the limits of federalism — and taxpayers may be the ones...
Maryland’s Unrecorded Virtual Meetings Problem
When Maryland local governments moved meetings online during the pandemic, officials promised accessibility and...
Montgomery County’s ICE Restrictions Test the Constitution — And Invite Federal Collision
By MDBayNews Staff The Montgomery County Council’s unanimous passage of its so-called Trust Act is being framed by...
Maryland Ranks 46th for Taxpayers — And the Reasons Are Structural, Not Accidental
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland has landed 46th out of 50 in the Tax Foundation’s latest State Business Tax Climate Index,...
Jeanine Pirro’s Gun Comments Expose a Growing Rift in Republican Rhetoric on the Second Amendment
By MDBayNews Staff In a development that has stunned many on the center-right, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro — the top...
Maryland’s “No Kings Act” Tests the Limits of State Power—and Federalism
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers have introduced a sweeping new proposal dubbed the “No Kings Act,” legislation...
HB544: Common Sense or Government Overreach? Maryland Moves to Ban Cannabis Use in Vehicles With Children
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers are advancing House Bill 544 (HB544), a proposal that would prohibit adults from...
Montgomery County Pushes ICE Ban as Public Safety, Local Accountability Questions Go Unanswered
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González is backing legislation that would...
Maryland Attorney General Brown’s Amicus Brief: A Flawed Stand on Federal Law Enforcement and Safety
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown’s decision to join a multistate amicus brief challenging...
Montgomery County ICE Bills Draw Scrutiny After Councilmember’s Past Rhetoric Resurfaces
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County’s push to further restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement is...
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...
Maryland’s Army Scientist and the ICE-Tracking Apps: Why Nicholas Waytowich Must Be Fired
The American people expect their senior military scientists to dedicate themselves to defending the nation, not to...
Things Banned in Maryland You Won’t Believe Are Legal Elsewhere
Maryland has a reputation for being a little different when it comes to regulation. While other states leave many issues...
Maryland’s 430-Law October Surprise: Because Freedom Needed More Fine Print
Maryland just sprinted into October 1 with ~430 “new or improved” laws from the same session that already dropped ~300...
Conover v. Conover (2016): How Maryland Courts Redefined Parenthood at the Expense of Parents
In 2016, Maryland’s highest court handed down Conover v. Conover, a decision that upended custody law by recognizing...
Big Government Crashes the Party: Montgomery County Cracks Down on Backyard Entrepreneurs While Ignoring Real Problems
By Michael Phillips On July 15, 2025, while Montgomery County families continue to struggle with skyrocketing housing...
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...
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...
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...
Baltimore Courthouse ICE Arrest Exposes Tensions Between Law Enforcement and Political Agendas
By Michael Phillips On June 23, 2025, federal law enforcement did its job—and Baltimore officials had a meltdown. Two...
Victory for Parents: Supreme Court’s Mahmoud v. Taylor Ruling Reaffirms Parental Rights and Religious Liberty
By Michael Phillips In a decision destined to resonate for generations, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark 6-3...
Maryland Codifies Child Custody Factors — But Will Anything Really Change?
By Michael Phillips In a move hailed by some as progress and by others as political theater, Maryland Governor Wes Moore...
Taxed to Death: Maryland’s War on the Working Class Disguised as Progress
By Michael Phillips and Greg Visscher Imagine this: A single mother in Maryland, making the median income of around $73,000...
What Is Wes Moore Doing? With 23 Vetoes, Maryland’s Governor Risks Alienating Everyone
In a surprising turn of events, Maryland Governor Wes Moore vetoed a staggering 23 bills passed by the 2025 General...
“Not the Time?”: Wes Moore Vetoes Maryland Reparations Commission, Sparks Backlash
On May 16, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, the state’s first Black governor and a rising Democratic star, stunned...
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...
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...