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...
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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...
Camden Yards Emerges as Front-Runner for 2030 MLB All-Star Game, 37 Years After Its Last Turn
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore has not hosted a Major League Baseball All-Star Game since Bill Clinton's first...
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...
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...
$10 Million on the Line: White Marlin Open Reels In Anglers, Celebrities and Big Money to Ocean City
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews OCEAN CITY, Md. — For the 53rd straight summer, this barrier-island town has traded its...
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...
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...
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...
The Baltimore Sun Got the World Cup Wrong. Watch the Fans.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Sun promoted Josh Tolentino's column this week with a tweet calling the 2026...
Why FIFA Really Passed Over Baltimore — And Whether the City Has Caught Up
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When FIFA announced its 16 World Cup host cities on June 16, 2022, the Baltimore-Washington...
Baltimore Wasn’t Spared — It Was Passed Over
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Inner Harbor was packed last weekend. Tourists elbow to elbow, families along the...
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...
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...
Maryland Activists Target Baltimore Business for Doing Its Job
By MDBayNews Staff In today’s political climate, apparently, even selling office furniture can trigger outrage. A...
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...
A $57,000 Power Bill and a Warning for Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff When a third-generation local grocery store is staring at a nearly $58,000 monthly electric bill,...
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...
Amazon’s Maryland Exit Is Another Warning Sign for Local Jobs
By MDBayNews Staff Another round of local job losses is hitting Maryland—and this time, it’s coming from one of the...
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...
Second-Worst in America: Why Maryland Keeps Losing New Businesses
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland has ranked 49th out of 50 states for starting a business in WalletHub’s latest national...
Harborplace Rebuild Moves Forward—But Taxpayer Questions Loom Large
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Harborplace—once the beating heart of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor—appears headed for its...
Samsung Biologics’ Rockville Investment Signals a Quiet but Strategic Win for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The December 2025 announcement that Samsung Biologics, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, will...
Annapolis’ City Dock Gamble: Necessary Flood Protection—or an Overreach That Risks Downtown’s Lifeblood?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As construction fences rose along Dock Street in January 2026—blocking on-street parking...
Workforce and Childcare Shortages Are an Economic Problem—Not a Culture War
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As 2025 draws to a close, one of the most damaging constraints on economic growth is also...
The Quiet Transformation of the I-270 Corridor: Boon or Boondoggle?
When most Marylanders hear about transportation and development, they think of the flashy, billion-dollar projects—the...
Frederick’s Breaking Point: How Much More Growth Can the City Handle?
For decades, Frederick, Maryland has sold itself as a city that can have it all—small-town charm, historic downtown...