Green Party Nominee Calls for Four-Way Debates as Moore, Cox Stay Quiet
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With the general election field now set, Green Party gubernatorial nominee Andy Ellis is...
Maryland Governor 2026
The Amendment Written to Undo a Judge’s Ruling
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the Maryland General Assembly convenes at noon Monday for a three-day special session,...
Seven Stops, Five States, Three Weeks: Where Wes Moore Has Been While Maryland Waits on Affordability
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — On the same day House and Senate Republicans stood in Annapolis calling a...
Republicans Say They Warned Leadership — Then Got Shut Out Anyway
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's presiding officers have moved to limit what can even be introduced...
Hungry, but Not Thirsty: Wes Moore’s Full-Term Pledge Has a Schedule Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This morning, the Governor of Maryland was in Johns Island, South Carolina — a 9 a.m....
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...
Bates Says Maryland’s Juvenile System Is “Broken.” The Cases He’s Pointing To Show Why He’s Not Alone.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates posted a statement on X Thursday declaring that...
Maryland Sets Aug. 3-5 Special Session on Redistricting — But the Dates Conflict with the State’s Own Ballot Deadline
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's General Assembly will return to Annapolis Aug. 3-5 for a special...
Moore’s ICE Scare Tactic Was Already Out of Date When It Aired
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On a soundstage in California, taped weeks before it ever reached a Maryland screen,...
Moore Debates 20 Non-Voters on YouTube While a Bill to Open Maryland’s Debate Stage Died Without a Vote
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore spent his Sunday morning on "Surrounded," a debate program from the...
Wes Moore: Incapable of Meeting the Moment
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Wes Moore spent the week before Independence Day telling national reporters that President...
One Foot Out the Door: Wes Moore’s Reelection Pitch Is a Presidential Audition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In September 2025, NBC's Kristen Welker asked Governor Wes Moore a simple question on "Meet...
Governor Moore’s Disability Pride Month Message Runs Into His Own Budget Record
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore's official account marked the start of Disability Pride Month with a...
Wes Moore Picks a Fight on the Nation’s 250th Birthday. Maryland Gets the Bill.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Governor Wes Moore will stand at the State House in Annapolis on Saturday and...
Maryland’s Locked Electorate: When Neither Party Is the Answer
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland primary is over. The choices are set. And by nearly every measure, Marylanders...
Moore’s Own Supervisor Says Governor Did Not Receive Bronze Star — and Was Not in Afghanistan When Fellow Soldier Died
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The officer who supervised Wes Moore during his Afghanistan deployment says the governor...
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 —...
The Firewall Fell Overnight
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Senate's redistricting firewall held for six months. It lasted about eighteen...
Building Bridges to Liberia While Baltimore Waits for Its Own
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On June 24, 2026 — the morning after Maryland's Democratic primary returned him a...
Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Enters General Race, Preempts Spoiler Argument
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE — With Democratic and Republican nominees now set for Maryland's November...
Cox Wins the Map, Hale Wins Baltimore: Inside the Maryland GOP Governor Primary
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox is the Republican nominee for governor of Maryland. Again. With 1,963 of 1,979...
Maryland Taxpayers Fund the Primary System — But Only for Two Parties
By MDBayNews Staff Every Maryland voter pays for the June 23 primary. Only voters registered with the Democratic or...
The Governor’s Market
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Maryland's Appellate Court issued its ruling on September 9, 2025, the caption told...
They Did It Before. They’re Doing It Again.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With early voting now closed — it ended Thursday — Republican voters have three days...
The Governor Bought a Horse Race
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Thursday, with five days remaining before a primary election, Governor Wes Moore's...
Moore Responds to Military Record Scrutiny — Without Addressing It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore published a personal essay Monday on Substack titled "The Only Thing...
Moore’s Office Disputes Dialog Ties. The Record Doesn’t.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When a data leak exposed the internal membership records of Dialog — a secretive,...
Audits Flag $1.2 Billion in Questionable Maryland Spending. Moore Says the Number Is Wrong.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland state agencies have collectively accumulated more than $1.2 billion in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Moore Kicks Off. The GOP Is Still a No-Show.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore launched the active phase of his reelection campaign today in Baltimore...
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...
Eight Weeks, Three Candidates, One Question: Who Can Actually Challenge Wes Moore?
The Maryland Republican primary for governor is June 23. Hale, Cox, and Myrick are competing for the nomination — but in...
Wes Moore’s Missing Year
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Wes Moore has had a busy year. In the spring of 2025, he delivered a...
Moore raised $7 million — but that may be the smallest number in the story
A line-by-line review of Maryland’s campaign finance database shows a sophisticated, nationally connected fundraising...