How Montgomery County Police Went From Turning Away Recruits to Begging for Them
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews There was a time, not that long ago, when the Montgomery County Police Department didn't...
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A Community Meeting Meant to Reassure Instead Turned Into a Standoff
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A meeting billed as a chance for Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village residents to hear...
Still Closed: Largo’s $10 Million Plaza, Two and a Half Months Later
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Wayne K. Curry Civic Plaza in Largo has been finished for eight months. It has been...
Who Actually Paid for the New M&T Bank Stadium
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Ravens unveiled the finished version of their stadium this month. Three years of...
Maryland Has 240 Bridges Rated “Structurally Deficient.” None of Them Was the Key Bridge.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two and a half years after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River,...
Brunswick Sworn In Two Council Members Without a Vote. Here’s the Rule That Allowed It.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Brunswick did not hold a city election this August. It did not need to. Three candidates...
Another Dock Street Business Closes. This Time, the Jobs Lost Belong to Workers Who Have the Hardest Time Finding New Ones
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS, Md. Bitty & Beau's Coffee will pour its last cup on Dock Street next month,...
Pittman’s County Newsletter Explains Why He Skipped the DNC for MACo. It’s a Reminder He’s Still Wearing Two Hats.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman used this week's edition of his official,...
Pimlico Has No Plan for the Other 364 Days
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A source texted Fox Baltimore's Chris Papst this week after the Preakness was excluded from...
MCPS Cut 43 Social Workers to Close a Budget Gap. It’s Now Hiring a Content Creator for Up to $171,348.
By Michael Phillips| MDBayNews Two months after Montgomery County Public Schools eliminated dozens of social worker...
Live-Wire Testing Begins on the Purple Line. MTA’s Own Filing Says Nothing Changed — While Disclosing That It Did.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Crews began live-wire testing on the Purple Line this week, running light-rail vehicles...
The Count Behind the Count: Maryland’s Homelessness Numbers Are Getting Worse, Not Better
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On a single night in January 2025, 7,120 Marylanders had no home. That's 1,051 more people...
Montgomery County Bought Half a Ferry. It Won’t Say What Happens If the Other Half Never Comes.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County officials stood in Poolesville on Friday to announce what they're calling...
What Maryland Actually Gets — and Gives Up — By Saying No to Data Centers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews National coverage of the data center backlash tends to run one of two ways: either data...
The Data Center Fight Isn’t Just Frederick’s Anymore — Here’s Where Maryland’s Counties Stand
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County's data center fight — a 2,600-acre zoning overlay, a referendum drive...
A Council Answering to 5 Percent Just Ended a 34-Year Relationship With Israel
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County has quietly ended its funding relationship with the Maryland Israel...
A Government Chosen By 5 Percent Is Taxing The Other 95
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County's property tax bills have been landing in mailboxes for two weeks, and...
A County of a Million, Decided by 52,738 Votes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County — home to more than one million residents, the largest county budget in...
Maryland Built a Legal Wall Against ICE Surveillance Data. Is Anyone Checking If It Holds?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody in Maryland has smashed a Flock Safety camera. Nobody has cut one down with vice...
Maryland’s Economy Isn’t Growing. The Numbers Say Something Sharper.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland officials have spent much of the past year touting job growth numbers as evidence...
DOJ Sues Maryland Over Community Trust Act — Second Federal Challenge in Six Weeks
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Department of Justice sued Maryland and Attorney General Anthony Brown on July 9,...
Annapolis Doesn’t Pay to Play. Marylanders Do.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland families are getting squeezed from every direction this summer — a property tax...
Maryland’s Highest Court Kills the Frederick Data Center Referendum — 21,029 Signatures, Zero Votes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Supreme Court of Maryland on Tuesday ended the largest citizen petition drive in...
Convicted of Housing Fraud. Now She Runs Prince George’s Land Records Office.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County is the county's official...
Friedson Opens the Door on Germantown Incorporation. Here’s What That Actually Means.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Andrew Friedson, a Democratic candidate for Montgomery County Executive, said on social...
Maryland Democrats Respond to Baltimore School ICE Arrest — But the Facts They’re Omitting Matter
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When ICE agents detained two people outside a Baltimore elementary school during morning...
Harford County Teachers Union Tells Democrats to Register Republican — To Pick the County’s Next Executive
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A teachers union in Harford County is urging its members to abandon their Democratic Party...
FBI Steps In as Cecil County Sheriff’s Deputies Face Federal Scrutiny Over Recorded Sexual Assault Threat Against County Executive
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The FBI has opened an investigation into four Cecil County Sheriff's Office employees...
Maryland’s Juvenile Crime Wave: What the Numbers Actually Show — and Who’s Responsible
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The incident at the Navy Yard Chipotle in Washington, D.C. — a mob of teenagers...
MCPS Curriculum Tied to SPLC Standards as Federal Fraud Charges Loom Over Organization
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews At a Montgomery County Board of Education work session last week, Moms for Liberty chapter...
Maryland Spent $1.2 Billion on Baltimore’s Stadiums. What Are the Teams Spending on Baltimore’s Kids?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Correction: An earlier version of this article understated the Baltimore Ravens' education...
A Child Is Dead. It Was the Third Fall From the Same Building in Less Than a Year.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A 2-year-old girl fell roughly ten stories from a high-rise apartment building on the 9300...
Calling It Racist Doesn’t Make It Wrong
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A political ad depicting Will Jawando reaching into a cookie jar labeled "Taxpayers'...
Montgomery County Executive Candidate Falls for Fake Campaign Finance Screenshot
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A candidate running for Montgomery County Executive publicly accused a political opponent...
Bureaucracy Over Kids: Baltimore Adds Admin Jobs While One District Gets No Rec Centers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Councilman Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer grew up in Baltimore's 5th District, a block off Park...
Maryland’s Cyber Problem Is Bigger Than One Offline Database
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's official property records database has been offline for ten days following a...
They Came for the Watchdog
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming made a mistake last weekend. She shared...
Hangar Deal: Construction Firm with Airpark Lease Has Donated $11,000 to the Luedtkes While Expansion Bypassed Council Review
W.M. Rickman Construction holds a 'Through the Fence' agreement at KGAI. State campaign finance records show six straight...
Two Airports, Two Standards: Why Accountability Exists in Baltimore County—But Not Montgomery
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Maryland, aircraft noise is not a new problem. For years, communities living near...
A Forum for Some, Silence for Others: Poolesville “Fair Access” Event Raises Questions About Access and Fairness
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Montgomery County, political forums are nothing new—especially during a competitive...