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...
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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...
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 Preakness Doesn’t Need the Derby Winner. It Needs a Reason to Matter.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map The skip announcement came four days after the Kentucky Derby. It...
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...
Derby Winners Are Skipping the Preakness. Maryland Is Spending $400 Million on It Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map On Wednesday morning, Cherie DeVaux Racing posted a statement to...
Baltimore Got Safer. Maryland Didn’t.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Saturday, Governor Wes Moore formally launched his 2026 reelection campaign at 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...
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...
The 50 Most Controversial Bills of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly: #10–1
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — SPECIAL SERIES: 2026 Maryland General Assembly Scorecard — Part 3 of 3 | The Top 10...
What $400 Million Bought: Mapping the Prestige Gap Between the Masters, the Derby, and the Preakness
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland on the Map, Part 3 The numbers are not flattering, and they are worth sitting...
Maryland’s $400 Million Question
By Mike Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 2 At some point, Maryland needs to have an honest conversation...
The 50 Most Controversial Bills of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly: #50–26
SPECIAL SERIES: 2026 Maryland General Assembly Scorecard — Part 1 of 3 By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 449th session...
Maryland Built Its Economy on Washington. Now Washington Is Shrinking.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | An accountability analysis and economic report The federal government shed roughly 18,000...
The Absent Delegate: Why Is Bouchat the Only One Facing Expulsion?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates voted 102 to 14 this week to advance a resolution expelling...
Republican Moves to Expel Bouchat — From Her Own Party
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates has never expelled a member for failure to act. It has come...
One-Party State: Maryland Democrats Now Running Candidates Everywhere — and That’s the Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For the first time in more than half a century, Maryland Democrats are celebrating what...
Special Elections, Media Narratives, and the Maryland GOP Reality Check
By MDBayNews Staff A Democratic win in a Pennsylvania special election this week has sparked a predictable wave of...
DECADE Act or Déjà Vu? Wes Moore’s Business Plan Revives Incentives—but Avoids Real Reform
By Michael Phillips | Maryland Bay News Maryland Gov. Wes Moore this week rolled out the DECADE Act of 2026—short for...