The Sphere Bond Bill Goes to $215 Million. So Did the Fight Over Who Builds It.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Prince George's County residents who tuned in expecting a final vote on the Sphere at...
Business & Development
Behind the Jobs Numbers: Maryland’s Layoff List Keeps Growing in 2026
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews PepsiCo is walking away from a Cheverly bottling plant that has run for more than 60 years,...
Maryland’s Jobs Are Coming Back. The State’s Own Choices Keep Getting in the Way.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's private employers added nearly 11,000 jobs in July, the strongest single month...
Maryland’s New Tech Tax Brought In 77% Less Than Promised. Business Groups Want It Gone.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's new tax on business IT and data services closed its first full...
While Marylanders Pay Near-Record Prices at the Pump, Refiners Are Posting Their Best Quarter Since 2022
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews FREDERICK, MD — President Trump summoned about a dozen oil refining executives to the...
Corporate Profits Are Booming. Maryland Workers Should Ask Where Their Share Went.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Corporate America is having a very good year. U.S. corporate profits reached an annualized...
Maryland Democrats Can’t Decide Whether the Economy Is Booming or Collapsing
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Democrats have developed a remarkably convenient economic theory: when the numbers...
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,...
Wallops Industry Day Tackles Housing and Workforce. The State’s Funding Fight Got Left Off the Agenda.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Salisbury University's Guerrieri Academic Commons hosted "Innovating Together: Building...
Maryland’s Digital Ad Tax Just Got Thrown Out. Here’s What Happens to the Money.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising is dead, at least for now, and...
How a $375 Million Plan Became a $715 Million Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland on the Map Before Churchill Downs. Before the Preakness IP. Before the NBC deal...
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...
What Moore Announced — And What Comes Next
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore held his press conference Wednesday. It was, by the standards of...
The Hand They’re Not Playing: How Maryland Can Rebuild Horse Racing After the Preakness Shake-Up
Maryland owns the assets, the history, and the window. What it needs is a strategy — and someone willing to make the...
What CDI Does With Tracks It Owns
Churchill Downs has a documented playbook for acquired racing assets: acquire, extract value, close the original venue,...
Nine Minutes. One Question.
CDI and NYRA spent the day defending their new championship series — and confirming, almost in spite of themselves,...
Blindsided, Again
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note: MDBayNews published this morning, at approximately 11:30 am, the first...
Maryland’s Gaming Regulators Let the Casino Lobby Write Their Homework. Would We Say the Same If It Were Oil and Gas?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Here's a test worth running on any story about industry influence in government: swap the...
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...
What Wes Moore Didn’t Say After Winning Maryland’s Primary
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Wes Moore won his primary Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, he was everywhere —...
Federal Dollars Restart Warrior Run — But Will Maryland Ratepayers Actually Benefit?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews President Trump announced Thursday that $85 million in federal funds will restart the...
Who Pays for the Data Center Boom? In Maryland, the Answer Is Already You.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The question was never whether Maryland wanted data centers. The state answered that years...
Did Churchill Downs Give Wes Moore Buyer’s Remorse?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map When Governor Wes Moore announced Maryland's plan to purchase...
The Preakness Doesn’t Need the Derby Winner. It Needs a Reason to Matter.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map The skip announcement came four days after the Kentucky Derby. It...
Maryland Owns the Racetrack. Churchill Downs Owns the Race.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 7 On Monday, Governor Wes Moore announced that Maryland had...
What $400 Million Bought: Mapping the Prestige Gap Between the Masters, the Derby, and the Preakness
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland on the Map, Part 3 The numbers are not flattering, and they are worth sitting...
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...
Built to Comply, Designed to Dominate
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland did not accidentally end up with one of the most restrictive alcohol regulatory...
Moore Touts $3 Million for Purple Line “Revitalization” — After Years of Delays and Billions in Costs
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Governor Wes Moore is celebrating a $3 million proposal for “business...
Montgomery County Airpark at a Crossroads
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews GAITHERSBURG, Md. — After years of simmering disputes over aircraft noise, safety...
Downtown Baltimore’s Revitalization Hits Reality: Big Promises, Bigger Headwinds
By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore’s political leadership has spent the past two years promising a “comeback story” for...
SB 683 Puts Farmland First as Maryland Pushes Solar Expansion
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland continues its aggressive push toward renewable energy, a growing backlash has emerged from...
Opinion: Morgantown’s Sale to TeraWulf Should Signal Opportunity, Not Fear
By MDBayNews Staff The recent announcement that TeraWulf Inc. is moving forward with the acquisition of the former...
Data Center Debate Exposes a Rare Maryland Consensus — and Voter Unease
By MDBayNews Staff Annapolis, MD — A heated hearing in Annapolis on House Bill 120 (HB 120) revealed something unusual in...
Moore’s ‘National Harbor Sphere’ Tax Is a Shiny Distraction From Maryland’s Real Budget Problems
By MDBayNews Staff Governor Wes Moore is selling Marylanders a familiar Annapolis product: a flashy, headline-friendly tax...
Maryland’s Latest Economic Fix: Turn an Invasive Fish Into Cat Food
By MDBayNews Staff Facing stubborn budget pressures and a long list of unmet priorities, Maryland lawmakers are touting a...
Frederick’s Zoning Amendment Should Empower Small Entrepreneurs — Without Hurting Neighborhoods
By MDBayNews Staff Frederick City’s Planning Department and Board of Aldermen are considering a zoning text amendment...
Maryland’s Giant Golf Ball: What’s Being Overlooked in the Rush to Celebrate the Sphere
By MdBayNews Editorial Board Maryland officials are celebrating the arrival of the Sphere at National Harbor as a marquee...
The Sphere at National Harbor: Incentives, Jobs, and Who Really Benefits
Purpose:This explainer breaks down the public incentives, job claims, and economic risks behind Maryland’s deal to land...
Maryland Paid the Price — But Will Maryland Reap the Benefits?
By MdBayNews Editorial Board Maryland leaders are celebrating the announcement of a new Sphere entertainment venue planned...