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...
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Moore Calls Scrutiny of His Combat Record “Slanderous.” He Still Hasn’t Named a Soldier.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Banner published a review of Gov. Wes Moore's military record Thursday...
One Witness: The Only Person Backing Wes Moore’s Combat Story Is the Man Who Put Him There
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews After nearly a year of investigation into Gov. Wes Moore's military biography, the question...
The Lobbyist on the Ballot: How Adrian Boafo Spent Four Years Serving Oracle and Maryland at the Same Time
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Adrian Boafo is running for Congress on a platform of accountability. He's also the only...
Moore Signs Immigrant Rights Executive Order — While Letting Stronger Protections Sit Unsigned
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Friday creating the Maryland Immigrant Rights...
Maryland’s Other June Awareness Month
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews June is PTSD Awareness Month. It arrives in Maryland alongside Men's Health Month and Men's...
Maryland’s Men’s Health Month Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In February 2025, Governor Wes Moore stood before the General Assembly and made an...
Moore Vetoed Five Bills After Session. Here’s What He Killed — and Why It Matters.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 2026 General Assembly session produced more than 860 new Maryland laws. Governor Wes...
‘The Nail Is Still in the Tire’: A Delegate Chose to Walk Away. Then the House Voted to Debate Expelling Him for It.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Part of the Bouchat Paradox series Christopher Eric Bouchat (R-5th) made his decision...
Moore Signs Glock Ban — And Maryland Taxpayers May Fund the Lawsuit That Kills It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore signed Senate Bill 334 into law on Tuesday, making Maryland the second...
Maryland Is Still Hiding Its Missing Foster Children — We’ve Been Asking for Seven Months
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Wednesday morning, Maryland's Department of Human Services confirmed to Spotlight on...
MARYLAND’S AG WAS PRAISED BY VANCE TWO WEEKS AGO. NOW HE’S SIGNED A LETTER REFUSING THE WHITE HOUSE.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two weeks ago, Vice President JD Vance stood at a White House podium and held Maryland up...
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...
Moore Vetoes Bill to Support Local News — After Letting ICE Restriction Become Law
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore quietly vetoed a bipartisan bill last week that would have directed more...
Maryland Ballot Crisis Escalates: Trump Demands DOJ Probe, Scope Grows to 500,000
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Since MDBayNews first reported on Maryland's mail-in ballot vendor error on May 16, the...
Crabs Are Back. Moore Didn’t Bring Them.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Maryland DNR released the results of its annual Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter...
SCOTUS Lets Virginia’s Redistricting Map Die — And Maryland Democrats Should Take Note
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Supreme Court closed the last exit ramp for Virginia Democrats on Thursday,...
The Governor Who Takes Credit for Everything — Except What Went Wrong
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore is running for reelection on a record he has spent three years carefully...
Moore Calls It a Comeback. Baltimore City’s Numbers Call It Something Else.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore's communications team knows what it's doing. On Thursday, the governor's...
Maryland Is Trying to Buy Back a Race It Never Should Have Lost
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map Maryland is quietly trying to spend another $85 million. According...
Six Figures, Still Struggling: Maryland Ranks Third in Nation for Eroding Middle-Class Purchasing Power
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A household earning $100,000 a year in Maryland is now classified as lower-middle class...
591 Votes: Harford County’s Senate Seat Is the Most Vulnerable in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In November 2022, Democrat Mary-Dulany James won Maryland’s 34th Senate District by 591...
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 Governor Who Can’t Afford to Be Honest
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Brandon Scott endorsed Bill Ferguson this week. That's not surprising — the two have...
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'...
Brown Invokes Military Values. His Record Tells a Different Story.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown marked National Military Appreciation Month this...
SPLC Under Federal Indictment — And Its Curriculum Is in Maryland Classrooms
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On April 21, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an 11-count indictment...
EPA Completes Potomac Cleanup Ahead of Schedule. Wes Moore Is Still Silent.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday that the federal cleanup of the Potomac...
Moore Celebrated a 2030 Port Terminal on Friday. But Last Tuesday, He Fired the Bridge Contractor.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Friday, May 1, Governor Wes Moore stood at Coke Point in Dundalk and declared a new...
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...
$12.50 vs. $16.00: Moore’s Utility Promise Doesn’t Survive June
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore has already signed the Utility RELIEF Act, the legislation Democratic...
Law Day Irony: Maryland’s Top Lawyer Has Failed the Law
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews At 3:07 p.m. today, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown posted a tribute to the rule of...
THE INVISIBLE WORKFORCE
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Every May 1st, labor gets its moment. Unions march. Politicians invoke the dignity of work....
Maryland Spent $450 Million. Churchill Downs Bought the Crown Jewel. Moore Wasn’t Invited.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This Saturday, as the 152nd Kentucky Derby runs at Churchill Downs, Democratic governors...
Maryland Supreme Court Dismantles Montgomery County’s Gun Carry Ban, Citing Burden on Statewide Travel
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Supreme Court of Maryland issued a sweeping but carefully drawn ruling...
Maryland Ranks Among the Most Expensive States for Groceries — And a New Law Probably Won’t Fix That
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland families already know what the data confirm: buying groceries here costs more than...
Congress Demands D.C. Crime Data Records — And Maryland Should Be Asking the Same Questions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding records from the...
Where Do You Host a Dinner That Someone Just Tried to Kill the President At?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody who attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night expected to...
They Knew — And Didn’t: The Warning That Came Too Late, and the Sister Who Was Already in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews WASHINGTON — Cole Tomas Allen sent his family a manifesto minutes before he charged a...
The Dinner Was Over When the Perimeter Broke: A Security Autopsy of the WHCD Shooting
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews WASHINGTON — At approximately 8:40 p.m. Saturday, a gunman was confronted by security...