Rutledge Says Back River Plant Is ‘An Epic Failure,’ Presses Brown on Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BEL AIR, MD — Republican attorney general nominee Jim Rutledge called Baltimore's Back...
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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...
The Council Eliminated a Broad $692 Homeowner Credit. Now It Wants Three Targeted Ones.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ROCKVILLE — Roughly four months after voting to zero out a property tax credit available...
Behind the Records Fight: What Baltimore City Says About Its Own Watchdog
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE — Monday's appellate ruling was another procedural win for Inspector General...
Baltimore’s New Public Safety Agency Arrives Amid Fraud Fallout, a Records Fight and a Council Shake-Up
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Mayor Brandon Scott and City Council President Zeke Cohen announced legislation Monday to...
Suspended for Showing Up: The Dundalk Firefighters Punished for Helping After 9/11
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, an old Baltimore County story is making...
Germantown Service Dog Hit by Car, Now Recovering After Three Days in the ICU
By MDBayNews Staff GERMANTOWN, Md. — A Germantown woman is asking for help covering nearly $9,000 in veterinary bills...
Jawando Hospitalized After Heart Attack, Campaign Says He’s Recovering
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Will Jawando, the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County executive, suffered a heart...
Frederick ICE Clash: Neighborhood Calms as Warrant Claim Surfaces, No Arrests Confirmed
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick, Md. — A routine-sounding vehicle stop turned into one of Frederick County's...
Tonya Sweat Lost Her Ballot Case in Circuit Court. She’s Not Giving Up Yet.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Moisette "Tonya" Sweat's bid to appear on the November ballot as an independent challenger...
Two Weapons Incidents at Magruder in One Morning Reopen Montgomery County’s SRO Fight
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County police were called to Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood shortly...
Diaz Points to a Tennessee Charter School’s Reading Turnaround. Here’s What the Study Actually Found.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County, Md. — With about two months left before the Nov. 3 general election,...
A Decade of Red Line Promises, and Baltimore Is Still Waiting on the Bus
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Jonathan Sacks runs a community development corporation in Edmondson, the West Baltimore...
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...
Montgomery County Disbanded Its DUI Unit. Hours Later, Two People Died in a Wrong-Way Crash.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The timing is not something anyone in Montgomery County government chose, and it does not...
District 17 Preview: Kagan Seeks a Fourth Term as a Familiar Face Returns on the Republican Line
Montgomery County's District 17 is not where Maryland Republicans expect to win in November, but it is where one of them is...
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...
At a Meeting About Public Safety, One County Executive Candidate Showed. The Other Didn’t.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Election Coverage Thursday night's community meeting in Gaithersburg was never going to...
Wells’ Pitch to Friedson’s Voters, and the Numbers Behind It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Election Coverage Esther Wells wants Andrew Friedson's voters, and she's making her case...
A Sewage Closure Becomes a Campaign Ad Within the Hour in Howard County
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Guilford Elementary School in Columbia shut its doors Wednesday morning, the third day of...
Baltimore Ranks Second-Worst Real Estate Market in the Country, New Study Finds
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore's housing market landed near the bottom of a new national...
A Federal Court Just Admitted the Piedmont “Emergency” Might Be Fake. It Let PSEG Bulldoze Your Land Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Part of The New Land Wars series Charlotte Hetterick runs an organic farm in Carroll...
Maryland Schools Are Being Asked to Do Everything — Even Potty Training
By MDBayNews Staff Anne Arundel County Public Schools is expanding support for young students who arrive at school not...
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...
Ivey, McDermott and Husseini: The MD-4 Field for November
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 4th Congressional District has three names on the November ballot: Democratic incumbent Glenn...
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,...
Fitzwater vs. Holtzinger: Money and Data Centers Define Frederick’s Fall Race
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County voters will decide in November whether Jessica Fitzwater gets four more...
District 9 is genuinely up for grabs, with a competitive Senate race topping the ticket
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 9, split between western Howard County and a slice of northern Montgomery County,...
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...
The 2029 Promise: What Offshore Wind Boosters Aren’t Telling You
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Energy & Environment A pro-offshore-wind coalition has been showing up at Eastern...
A real swing district, an unconventional GOP challenger, and a Senate seat with no primary drama at all
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 8, covering Rosedale, Overlea, Parkville, Perry Hall, Carney and White Marsh in...
A 90-to-1 Fundraising Gap: Inside the MD-3 General Election
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 3rd Congressional District has its November matchup set: Democratic incumbent Sarah Elfreth...
District 7’s GOP delegation heads into November unchallenged in the general — but not without a live lawsuit hanging over one member
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 7, spanning northern Baltimore County and part of Harford County, is safe...
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...
District 6 is Maryland’s real swing district — and the primary results prove it
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 6, covering Dundalk, Essex, Rosedale, Edgemere and Middle River in southeast...
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...
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,...
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...