Maryland’s $400 Million Question
By Mike Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 2 At some point, Maryland needs to have an honest conversation...
Month: April 2026
The 50 Most Controversial Bills of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly: #50–26
SPECIAL SERIES: 2026 Maryland General Assembly Scorecard — Part 1 of 3 By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 449th session...
The Most Exciting Two Minutes vs. The Most Exclusive Weekend in Sports
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland on the Map, Part 1 This weekend, roughly 40,000 patrons — not fans, patrons,...
Maryland’s New Voting Rights Act: Who Gets to Sue, and Why Counties Are the Only Target
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland lawmakers are imposing a legal standard on counties that they explicitly refused...
Maryland Is Racing to Tie Law Enforcement’s Hands on ICE. Sheriffs Say They’ll Push Back.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Three days before the Maryland General Assembly adjourns for the year, Senate...
Maryland Just Passed a Deepfake Law. A Federal Court Already Struck Down the Same Thing.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates passed HB 145 on Friday by a vote of 95-36,...
Maryland Celebrates Balanced Budget While Staring Down a $4 Billion Cliff
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore signed Maryland's fiscal year 2027 budget into law...
Maryland’s Mental Health Workforce Is Half Empty — And Getting Worse
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland has roughly half the behavioral health workers it needs right now. Nine counties...
Before the Endorsement: Jawando’s Senate Committee Gave $115,000 to Working Families Party PAC
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note: After publication, MDBayNews became aware that Montgomery Perspective...
Moore’s Taxpayer-Funded Spokesman Attacks Journalist While Governor Spends $120K on Social Media Influencer Director
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — When a journalist asks Maryland's governor uncomfortable questions, there are...
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...
Moore Had the Power to Cut Your Gas Bill. He Chose Not To.
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland drivers are paying 46 cents per gallon in state gas taxes — the eighth-highest rate in the...
Maryland Built Its Economy on Washington. Now Washington Is Shrinking.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | An accountability analysis and economic report The federal government shed roughly 18,000...
Federal foster care watchdog quietly rewrote the rules — then sent Maryland a smaller bill
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On November 14, 2025, a senior official at the federal Children's Bureau — signing as...
Jawando Taps Public Financing — and a Parallel Big-Money Committee
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note, April 8, 2026: This article has been updated to reflect federal campaign...
The Absent Delegate: Why Is Bouchat the Only One Facing Expulsion?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates voted 102 to 14 this week to advance a resolution expelling...
Who Was Running Total Wine? Records Contradict Trone’s Claims of Arm’s-Length Management
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, David Trone has offered voters a reassuring story: when he went to Congress, he...
Republican Moves to Expel Bouchat — From Her Own Party
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates has never expelled a member for failure to act. It has come...
Bouchat Speaks: ‘I Am a Very Bad Republican’
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat has a lot to answer for right now — or so his critics would...
Three Bills Nobody Is Talking About — And Why They Should Be
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Before we get to the bills, a word about the messenger. Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat of...
Frederick County Is Being Remade. Who’s Paying for It?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County is changing faster than almost anywhere else in Maryland — and new...
Maryland’s Top 10 Policy Battles of 2026: What Annapolis Doesn’t Want You to Notice
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Most Marylanders can name their favorite NFL team's starting lineup. Far...