Potomac Sewage Spill Sparks Outrage, Renewed Demands for Accountability and Infrastructure Reform
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The fallout from the massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac River is far from over. As...
Tag: Maryland politics
Maryland Lawmakers Move to Strengthen Inspector General Independence After AG Opinion Sparks Concern
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, MD — In a rare bipartisan move, Delegates Vaughn Stewart (D) and Ryan Nawrocki (R) have...
Brown’s “Green Light” for the ICE Breaker Act Is a Political Endorsement Disguised as Legal Analysis
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Annapolis, self-congratulation travels fast. This week, allies of Adrian Boafo declared...
Special Elections, Media Narratives, and the Maryland GOP Reality Check
By MDBayNews Staff A Democratic win in a Pennsylvania special election this week has sparked a predictable wave of...
FBI Questions Maryland GOP Comptroller Over $100K Campaign Finance Discrepancy — Party Silent as Questions Mount
By MDBayNews Staff As of mid-afternoon February 25, there are still no new public developments in the unfolding story...
Maryland’s 2026 Governor’s Race Is Set — And Wes Moore Is Running on a Record Voters Should Scrutinize
By MDBayNews Staff The filing deadline has officially passed. Maryland’s 2026 gubernatorial race is now locked in, and...
Maryland’s Legal Offensive Expands: Brown’s Lawsuits Against Trump Now Top 55
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown is no longer simply responding to federal policy...
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...
Frederick County Executive Race 2026: A Competitive County at a Crossroads
By MDBayNews Staff The 2026 race for Frederick County Executive is officially set — and it’s shaping up to be one of...
Maryland AG Brown Sues DHS Over Counterterrorism Grants — But Is This About Public Safety or Politics?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined five other Democrat-led states in filing...
Maryland Delegation Split on State of the Union Night
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On February 24, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address...
Maryland’s 5th Congressional District: Everyone’s Running — But Who Isn’t?
By MDBayNews Staff With longtime Congressman Steny Hoyer retiring after more than four decades in Congress, Maryland’s...
The $30 Billion Mirage: How Maryland’s “Blueprint” Became a Case Study in Expensive Failure
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future—often called the Kirwan plan—passed in 2021,...
Education Funds, Ballot Deadlines, and the Next Immigration Fight
By MDBayNews Staff With Maryland’s candidate filing deadline closing and major legislation moving through Annapolis, the...
What Trump’s SOTU — and Spanberger’s Rebuttal — Mean for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews President Trump didn’t mention Maryland by name in his State of the Union. No Baltimore...
Maryland HB 942: Criminalizing Custody Interference Is Necessary — But Without Structural Enforcement Reform, It Will Not Fix Maryland’s Family Court Crisis
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, separated parents in Maryland have lived with a painful contradiction: custody...
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...
Maryland’s Redistricting Pressure Cooker: Closed-Door Politics and the 50-Day Clock
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Annapolis is no stranger to hardball politics. But when members of Maryland’s...
DHS Funding Fight Raises Stakes for Maryland’s Federal Workforce
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On several occasions, Chris Van Hollen has made his position unmistakably clear, including...
Maryland’s Political Echo Chamber: Brown’s ICE Lawsuit Backed by Two Insiders — But Where’s the Public?
By MDBayNews Staff When Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced his lawsuit aimed at blocking construction of a...
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...
Ethics Questions Still Linger Around Maryland AG Anthony Brown
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Thirteen months after a formal ethics complaint was filed against Maryland Attorney General...
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...
Can Maryland Fix Its One-Party Democracy? A Reform Roadmap for Real Competition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s one-party dominance is not new. Democrats have controlled the General Assembly...
Project Baltimore Raises Red Flags on Moore’s Pick for Education Inspector General
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore has nominated Natalia Medina Ahn to serve as Maryland’s next Inspector General for...
Safe Seats, Silent Voters: What Maryland’s One-Party Rule Means for Democracy
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In a state where one party controls virtually every lever of power, what does it say about...
LD-17 Lawmaker Defends ICE Protests During School Hours as Reelection Looms, Attacks Parents Instead
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews GAITHERSBURG, Md. — With a reelection campaign approaching, a Maryland state legislator...
55 Ways Maryland Has Been Pillaged Under Gov. Wes Moore
By MDBayNews Staff When Wes Moore took office in January 2023, he promised to “leave no one behind.” Three years later,...
Filing Clock Ticking: Does the Deadline Cripple Gov. Moore’s Redistricting Push?
By MDBayNews Staff With just days remaining before Maryland’s candidate filing deadline on February 24, a late-stage...
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...
Greens Join Republicans and Democrats on Constitutional Convention Fix
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, MD — In a rare show of cross-party alignment, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Andy...
Maryland Farmers Press for Transparency as Right to Repair Debate Comes Home
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland’s Right to Repair debate is moving from Annapolis hearing rooms straight into the cab of the...
Blackwell’s Voter ID Push Highlights Maryland’s Growing Election Integrity Divide
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland’s 2026 election cycle accelerates, State Senate candidate Yahu Blackwell is leaning...
Moore’s Latest “Green Bag” Appointments Raise Familiar Questions About DEI and Direction
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS — On February 20, 2026, the Moore–Miller administration formally delivered its Green Bag...
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...
“The Senate President Is Not a King”: LaPin Delivers 7,000 Signatures Demanding Vote on HB 488
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, MD — In a pointed challenge to Senate leadership, Army veteran and State Senate candidate...
8% Proficient in Math — But Plenty of Time for Political Walkouts at Gaithersburg Middle
By MDBayNews Staff Images and reporting first highlighted by Libs of TikTok have ignited controversy inside Montgomery...
In Deep-Blue MD-8, Cheryl Riley Bets on Affordability and Anti-Elitism
By MDBayNews Staff Republican congressional candidate Cheryl Riley is making her pitch to voters in Maryland’s 8th...
Innovation Corridor or Illusion? Western Maryland’s Energy Crossroads
By MDBayNews Staff Western Maryland is once again at the center of a debate that cuts to the core of Maryland’s economic...