Maryland Named Twice by DHS — State Signals It Won’t Comply, as Federal Funding and Legal Threats Escalate
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland is one of 18 states named in a declassified federal intelligence review alleging...
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A Government Chosen By 5 Percent Is Taxing The Other 95
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County's property tax bills have been landing in mailboxes for two weeks, and...
A County of a Million, Decided by 52,738 Votes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County — home to more than one million residents, the largest county budget in...
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 Democrats Already Ran This Play — Just One Level Down the Ballot
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk say the special...
Bouchat Fires Off at Leadership as the Redistricting Session He Predicted Finally Arrives
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Part of the Bouchat Paradox series Christopher Eric Bouchat has spent three legislative...
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 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...
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...
What the Supreme Court’s Coordinated-Spending Ruling Means for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Supreme Court's decision Tuesday in NRSC v. FEC, striking down federal limits on how...
Supreme Court Upholds Mail-In Ballot Grace Periods — Maryland’s Rules Survive the Challenge
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may continue counting mail-in ballots that...
Maryland Has a Million Voters With No Primary. Here’s How to Fix That.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland held a primary election on June 23. Roughly one million Marylanders did not get to...
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...
Convicted of Housing Fraud. Now She Runs Prince George’s Land Records Office.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County is the county's official...
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...
MD-6 Primary Delivers a Clear Democratic Winner — and a GOP Puzzle Heading Into November
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Staff Incumbent April McClain Delaney won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's Sixth...
The Senate’s No. 2 Is Gone — and Ferguson Is on His Own
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Amar Mukunda, a 33-year-old engineer and Army Reserve combat veteran who had never held...
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...
Where Did All the Voters Go?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox won the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday night. He also did it with...
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...
Ferguson Survives — But the Margin Is the Message
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Bill Ferguson is going back to Annapolis. The Maryland Senate President declared victory...
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...
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS PLAN POST-PRIMARY SPECIAL SESSION TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL MAP
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With Maryland's primary election two days away, the state's top Democrats are preparing to...
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,...
Friedson Opens the Door on Germantown Incorporation. Here’s What That Actually Means.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Andrew Friedson, a Democratic candidate for Montgomery County Executive, said on social...
Frederick County’s School Board Race: 14 Candidates, 4 Seats, and a Clear Ideological Divide
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Early voting is open through June 18, and the primary is June 23. Frederick County voters...
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...
California’s Ballot Fraud Scheme Could Run in Maryland. Here’s Why.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On March 17, investigators with the O'Keefe Media Group released undercover footage...
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...
Maryland’s Ballot Replacement Is Done. Now Officials Say They May Count the Originals Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The replacement ballots are in the mail. The crisis, by Maryland's official account, is...
‘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...
Ferguson Reverses on Redistricting — After Spending a Year Blocking It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson spent the better part of a year standing in the way...
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...
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,...
Maryland’s Mail-In Ballot Crisis Is Bigger Than a Vendor Error
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's State Board of Elections is asking voters to trust that its systems will catch...
Maryland Is Bleeding Money. Voters Have a Choice.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map Mail-in ballots are already in circulation. The Republican primary...
MDBayNews Voter Guide: Maryland’s 8th Congressional District
Maryland's 8th Congressional District Montgomery County | June 23, 2026 Primary...