Maryland’s Political Class Lectures America While Ignoring the Rot at Home
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s political establishment spent the past week accusing federal law enforcement...
Political Accountability
Raskin’s Latest Broadside: Impeachment Rhetoric, Zero Proof, and a Dangerous Escalation
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin has once again chosen maximalist rhetoric over measured governance—this...
Maryland Can’t Track Nonprofit Spending—As a Billion-Dollar Deficit Looms
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland stares down a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, a troubling reality is coming into focus:...
Baltimore Health Department Data Breach Exposes Deeper Government IT Failures
By MDBayNews Staff A recent data breach at the Baltimore City Health Department has once again exposed a recurring problem...
The Main Ways PPP and EIDL Fraud Is Detected
The first red flag often appears long after a loan is approved. Investigators cross-check loan applications against: IRS...
Maryland’s Infrastructure Neglect Comes at a Cost — And the Potomac, and the District Are Paying It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A massive sewage spill pouring into the Potomac River upstream from Washington, D.C....
Attorney General Brown Claims to Protect Federal Funding—But at What Long-Term Cost to Maryland?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is touting a series of legal actions that his...
Maryland Democrats Turn on Themselves Over Risky Mid-Cycle Redistricting Push
By MDBayNews Staff A rare and revealing public split has emerged inside Maryland’s Democratic supermajority as state...
Baltimore Councilman’s Dual Role Raises New Questions About Oversight and Accountability
By MDBayNews Staff A new report from The Baltimore Sun is renewing debate at City Hall over transparency, ethics, and...
Opinion | When Rhetoric Becomes Governance: Why Words Matter in Montgomery County
By MDBayNews Editorial Board Public officials are entitled to strong views. They are not entitled to rhetoric that assigns...
Hundreds of Millions Lost — and Still No Watchdog: Maryland’s Oversight Blind Spot
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As the 2026 legislative session gets underway in Annapolis, Maryland lawmakers face an...
Baltimore City Can’t Say How Much Taxpayer Money Goes to Nonprofits — And That’s a Problem
By MDBayNews Staff A new investigative report from The Baltimore Sun has exposed a troubling reality in Baltimore City...
Frederick Officials Condemn Federal Enforcement — But Offer Few Answers on Local Responsibility
By MDBayNews The City of Frederick this week issued a joint statement from Michael O’Connor and the City Council...
Maryland Democrats Offer Shutdown “Relief” — While Accepting Shutdowns as Normal
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Democrats are celebrating a solution to a problem they refuse to prevent. This...
Explainer: How Pass-Through Contracting and “Place of Performance” Rules Apply to ATI Government Solutions
By Michael Phillips | Thunder Report Recent reporting by Thunder Report and MDBayNews has raised questions about how ATI...
The Cracks Inside Maryland’s Democratic Supermajority Are Showing
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews By late December 2025, the most revealing political story in Maryland was not a Republican...
Maryland GOP Gubernatorial Candidate John Myrick Blasts Moore Redistricting Push as ‘Existential Threat to Democracy’
Lanham, MD — Republican gubernatorial candidate John Myrick sharply criticized Governor Wes Moore on Friday following the...
House Report Alleges D.C. Police Chief Manipulated Crime Data, Raising New Questions About Public Trust
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Republican-led U.S. House committee has released an interim report alleging that outgoing...
Wes Moore’s Shiny Brand Meets Maryland’s Trust Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore has spent years crafting the kind of résumé national...
This Is How They Do It: The Maryland Case Study in Congressional Insider Trading
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, Americans have heard whispers about members of Congress quietly enriching...