Baltimore County Council Votes Itself a 74% Raise Weeks Before the Election
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore County Council voted Monday night to raise its own pay by nearly 74 percent,...
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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...
Baltimore City Council Moves to Restrict ICE — Again. Who Pays the Price?
By MDBayNews Staff The Baltimore City Council is once again moving to limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs...
A New “Gang of 9” in Annapolis? Signs the City Council May Be Thinking for Itself
By MDBayNews Staff For years, Annapolis politics under former Mayor Gavin Buckley were defined by a familiar pattern: a...
Opinion | Courage Isn’t Party Abandonment — It’s Representation
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The latest letter to the editor in the Frederick News-Post arguing that Joe Adkins should...
Mayor Scott’s Attack on Baltimore’s Inspector General Raises Red Flags on Transparency
By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is drawing renewed scrutiny after launching a public attack on the...
Howard County’s 2026 County Executive Race: An Open Seat, a Crowded Democratic Field, and Big Questions for Voters
By MDBayNews Staff Howard County heads into the 2026 election cycle facing one of its most consequential local races in...
The Race to Be First: Montgomery County Council’s 2026 Diversity Olympics Begins!
By Political Party Animals & Maryland Bay News In a stunning and historic announcement that shocked absolutely no one,...