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Fiscal Spending

Sticker Shock in the Mailbox: USPS Stamp Hike Hits Maryland Residents and Raises Broader Questions About Government Oversight

By Michael Phillips On July 13, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service officially raised the price of its First-Class Mail Forever...

Michael Phillips
July 14, 2025

Opinion: Trump’s FBI Relocation Plan Is a Return to Sanity—Maryland Just Doesn’t Like Losing

By Michael Phillips The battle over the FBI’s future home has become a political circus—one that says more about power,...

Michael Phillips
July 14, 2025

The Next Purple Line? Why Maryland’s Key Bridge Rebuild Feels Destined for Delay and Dysfunction

By Michael Phillips The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, 2024, was a tragedy that stunned Baltimore and the...

Michael Phillips
July 9, 2025

Dragging Feet or Leading Wisely? Why Moore and Brown Are Right to Pause on “Clean Cars” Lawsuit

By Michael Phillips On July 3, Maryland Matters published a piece bemoaning what it called the “inaction” of Governor...

Michael Phillips
July 5, 2025

Wes Moore’s Budget Backpedal: From Big Promises to a Bureaucratic Freeze

How Maryland’s Governor Quietly Admits Republicans Were Right All Along By Michael Phillips Governor Wes Moore is hitting...

Michael Phillips
June 24, 2025

Baltimore’s DEI Boondoggle: $2.7 Million for Ideology While the City Burns

Spotlight on Maryland – Fiscal Irresponsibility, One Identity Group at a Time🔗 Original Budget Report While Baltimore...

Michael Phillips
June 14, 2025

Stop the Creep: Why Frederick County’s Data Center Overlay Is a Red Flag for All of Maryland

Frederick County was supposed to be the firewall. The hold-the-line county. The place that would manage high-growth energy...

Michael Phillips
June 12, 2025

Moore’s Baltimore Relocation Plan: Budget-Saver or Bureaucratic Shell Game?

By Michael Phillips The Moore-Miller administration recently unveiled its much-publicized plan to relocate thousands of...

Michael Phillips
June 10, 2025

Pong for the People: How Your Tax Dollars Are Playing a Never-Ending Game with an Illegal Alien Criminal

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Somewhere between logic and liberal lunacy, Maryland and the U.S. government have found themselves locked...

Michael Phillips
June 9, 2025

Maryland Governor Wes Moore Unveils Revolutionary Math: Saving Taxpayers by Taxing Them Into Poverty

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Maryland Governor Wes Moore, beloved motivational speaker and part-time governor, dazzled audiences this...

Michael Phillips
June 7, 2025

Gridlock and Grandstanding: Maryland’s 10 Worst Traffic Nightmares — And What Wes Moore Isn’t Doing About Them

Maryland: Come for the crabs, stay because you're stuck on the Beltway.As traffic piles up like bills after a legislative...

Michael Phillips
June 6, 2025

Crashing Costs: How Maryland’s Traffic Congestion Is Driving Up Accidents — and Wrecking More Than Just Commutes

Maryland drivers don’t need another traffic study to tell them what they already know: congestion is out of control. But...

Michael Phillips
June 5, 2025

Wes Moore: Maryland’s Most Eligible Runaway

Governor Wes Moore says he’s not running for president. But boy, is he running. Running to events.Running from...

Michael Phillips
June 5, 2025

Where Did the Billions Go? Wes Moore Turned Hogan’s Surplus Into a Deficit Disaster

ANNAPOLIS, MD — When Governor Wes Moore took office in January 2023, Maryland was riding high on a $5.5 billion...

Michael Phillips
June 4, 2025

Wes Moore’s Approval Ratings Sink as Democrats Panic and Voters Question His Priorities

By Michael Phillips Wes Moore rode into the Maryland governor’s mansion in 2022 on a wave of hype, glowing headlines, and...

Michael Phillips
June 2, 2025

Wes Moore’s Crafty Economics: New Development Plan Pours Money into Booze, Not Business Basics

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Wes Moore is once again making headlines—not for addressing Maryland’s crushing tax burden...

Michael Phillips
May 31, 2025

Maryland Faces Potential Loss of Billions in Federal Funding Following ‘Sanctuary Jurisdiction’ Designation

The Trump administration has designated Maryland as a "sanctuary jurisdiction," placing the state at risk of losing...

Michael Phillips
May 31, 2025

Maryland’s Quantum Leap: Ambition or Overreach?

Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Democratic leadership have launched an aggressive campaign to crown the state as the global...

Michael Phillips
May 30, 2025

Maryland Ranks 5th Most Expensive State—And That’s Before Wes Moore’s New Fees Kick In

Maryland has just been ranked the fifth most expensive state in the country based on monthly household bills, according to...

Michael Phillips
May 29, 2025

Come to Maryland! (Just Kidding—Please Don’t)

So... Nobody Wants to Move to Maryland Anymore. Shocker. After decades of steady growth, it turns out the Old Line State is...

Michael Phillips
May 26, 2025

Robin Hood in a Suit: Wes Moore’s Financial Shell Game Is Burning Maryland

Governor Wes Moore wants you to believe he’s your hero. He says 94% of Marylanders got a tax break. He says he's creating...

Michael Phillips
May 24, 2025

Moody’s Downgrade Is a Wake-Up Call—And Maryland’s Leadership Hit Snooze

Moody’s just stripped Maryland of its prized AAA credit rating for the first time in over half a century. For most...

Michael Phillips
May 14, 2025

Preakness Parties on the Public Dime: Pimlico’s Rebuild and the Forgotten Cost to Taxpayers

When Maryland announced the long-awaited approval to demolish and rebuild Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness...

Michael Phillips
May 8, 2025

The Untold Truth About Maryland’s DNR: Millions Spent, Little Accountability, and the Silencing of Rural Voices

While the Baltimore Sun sings the praises of Maryland’s environmental bureaucracy, there’s a murkier story left...

Michael Phillips
May 2, 2025

OP-ED: The Vanishing Surplus — How Wes Moore Let Maryland’s Budget Fall Off a Cliff

Not long ago, Maryland’s finances were the envy of the region. Former Governor Larry Hogan, despite fierce opposition...

Michael Phillips
May 1, 2025

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