Green Party Candidate Says MPT Chairman’s Donations to Moore Raise Conflict of Interest Questions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE, Md. — Green Party gubernatorial candidate Andy Ellis is accusing the head of...
Government Power & Civil Liberties
GOP Delegate Nominee: Maryland’s Watchdogs Keep Getting Blocked by the Governments They’re Supposed to Police
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two Maryland governments got caught this year restricting the very people whose job is to...
Why Maryland Counties Can’t Create New Taxes on Their Own
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The county leaders who testified at Monday's revenue task force hearing were asking the...
Maryland Officials React to Court Ruling Restoring FBI Headquarters to Greenbelt
Maryland leaders began responding Monday to the federal court decision striking down the Trump administration's attempt to...
Every Drive Is Now a Record. Maryland Hasn’t Reckoned With What That Means.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Lee Schmidt and Crystal Arrington aren't criminals. Neither has ever been named a suspect...
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...
Moore Debates 20 Non-Voters on YouTube While a Bill to Open Maryland’s Debate Stage Died Without a Vote
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore spent his Sunday morning on "Surrounded," a debate program from the...
Ferguson’s Chamber, Ferguson’s Rules
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — At 11:59 p.m. on April 13, as the Maryland General Assembly's 2026 session...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CPS Dismissed the Complaint. So What Does the Nancy Krause Story Really Tell Us?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The national firestorm over a Calvert County school board testimony involving Nancy Krause...
Maryland Election Officials Cross a First Amendment Line With “Disinformation” Warning
By MDBayNews Staff The Maryland State Board of Elections is facing renewed scrutiny after a February 6 press release from...