Police Review Found No Threatening Behavior by Rhoda in Damascus Encounter
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Montgomery County police officer who reviewed video of an October 24 encounter involving...
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Wes Moore Isn’t Running Against Dan Cox. He’s Running for Something Bigger.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox raised $126,292 over the last two months. Wes Moore raised $1.45 million, then...
Spencer Rhoda’s Recording of Damascus Exchange Contradicts Chao Wu’s Account. MDBayNews Listened.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A recording of Saturday’s encounter between Delegate Chao Wu and Republican candidate...
Chao Wu Smeared Two Opponents With a Story He Can’t Prove. He Should Retract It Now.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Delegate Chao Wu told voters that a man running against him frightened his young son into...
OPINION: The Case for the Orange Ballot in Frederick County’s School Board Race
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This is a commentary piece and reflects the view of its author. The Board of Education race...
An $800,000 Washington PAC Check Is Now the Biggest Gift Behind Question 3
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The committee urging Marylanders to vote yes on Question 3 reported $1,588,336 in net...
Betting-Industry Money Has Spent $435,000 Against a Moderate Republican With No Known Gambling Position. Why?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews American Future's biggest general-election target in Maryland is a Republican state Senate...
OPINION: Montgomery County Taxpayers Are Funding a Campaign They Cannot Opt Out Of
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody asked Montgomery County taxpayers whether they wanted to pay for Will Jawando's...
County Taxpayers Have Sent Will Jawando $844,557. His Opponent Raised About $52,000.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County taxpayers have put $844,556.95 into Will Jawando's campaign for county...
Audit Finds Repeat Failures at Attorney General’s Office, From a Stalled Software Deal to Unsupported Leave
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — State auditors say the Office of the Attorney General paid for a case...
Soros-Funded PAC Disclosed $122 Million in a Maryland Filing. Now It Has Sent $500,000 to the Question 3 Campaign.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Democracy PAC, the super PAC funded by George Soros and organizations he created, disclosed...
Win for America Discloses $80.65 Million in Sportsbook Funding as a Recipient PAC Spends $3.67 Million on Maryland Races
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Win for America, the political group financed by the online sportsbook industry, registered...
Maryland Scored 13% on “Parental Rights.” Here’s What the Score Leaves Out.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Oct. 1, the advocacy group Defending Education released its first Rankings on Integrity...
UMBC Poll Backs Up Moore’s 27-Point Lead, but a Quarter of Voters Haven’t Picked a Major Candidate
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore leads Republican nominee Dan Cox 51% to 24% among likely voters, according...
Utility Bills, a $3 Billion Gap and Persistent Outmigration: What Is Driving Maryland’s Statewide Races
By Michael Phillips | Oct. 5, 2026 Marylanders will pick a governor, a comptroller and an attorney general on Nov. 3, and...
Beyond Affordability: The Local Fights Shaping County Races Across Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Ask Marylanders what worries them, and the answer is money. In a statewide poll released in...
Three Weeks After Cutting 415 Positions, MCPS Board Gave Its Chiefs a 6.23 Percent Raise
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously on...
The One Line Item That Can’t Be Cut by Memo
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two dozen Maryland cabinet agencies got a memo this month telling them to model what it...
Police Say MCPS Declined to Give Them the Name of a Student Accused of Kicking an Autistic 6-Year-Old
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Montgomery County police say a report has been filed stating that a...
Green Party’s Ellis Calls for Statewide Data Center Ban as Moore Signs Executive Order
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE — Andy Ellis, the Green Party nominee for governor, called Wednesday for a...
Moore Orders Data Center Review and a Public Dashboard, but No Pause and No Repeal Yet
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Wednesday that sets one review process for large...
Democrats Call Him an Out-of-State ‘Plant.’ His Campaign Says He Was Born in Baltimore County.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Democratic Party wants voters in northern Baltimore County to see Republican...
The Union Playbook: Hilton’s California Fix and Maryland’s Test
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Steve Hilton has a blunt diagnosis for why California kids can't read. On X this week, the...
Rutledge Says Back River Plant Is ‘An Epic Failure,’ Presses Brown on Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BEL AIR, MD — Republican attorney general nominee Jim Rutledge called Baltimore's Back...
Delaney’s Family Account Kept Buying Stock. She Also Voted No on a Trading Crackdown.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. April McClain Delaney has cosponsored a bill that would ban members of Congress, their...
Three Bills to Require 9/11 Education in Maryland Schools Have Died. None Has Been Reintroduced.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, Maryland has no law on the...
Energy Bill Fight Turns to Who Qualifies for Maryland’s New Utility Aid Program
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews MDBayNews first covered the Utility RELIEF Act's rollout on March 13, when Gov. Wes Moore...
Two Weapons Incidents at Magruder in One Morning Reopen Montgomery County’s SRO Fight
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County police were called to Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood shortly...
Maryland Supreme Court Hears Redistricting Arguments, No Ruling Yet as Ballot Printing Deadline Arrives
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Supreme Court of Maryland heard oral arguments Thursday morning in the...
Diaz Points to a Tennessee Charter School’s Reading Turnaround. Here’s What the Study Actually Found.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County, Md. — With about two months left before the Nov. 3 general election,...
A Viral Post Says Three Judges Conspired Against a Father. The Court Record Says Something Narrower.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Facebook post accusing three sitting Montgomery County judges of coordinated retaliation...
Moore Proclaims Child Support Awareness Month. The Enforcement Gap It Ignores Gets No Mention.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller have proclaimed August 2026 National Child Support...
Second Judge Strikes Down Redistricting Amendment, Citing Contradiction in Bill’s Own Preamble
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews CAMBRIDGE — A Dorchester County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that Maryland's proposed...
A Sewage Closure Becomes a Campaign Ad Within the Hour in Howard County
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Guilford Elementary School in Columbia shut its doors Wednesday morning, the third day of...
What “Meeting Expenses” Buys: A Look Inside Maryland Campaign Spending
Maryland campaign finance reports do not require candidates to explain themselves. A committee can log a $3,000 charge to a...
What the Supreme Court Actually Ruled on Mail Voting
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's top Democrats wasted no time reacting to Monday's Supreme Court order on...
A Federal Court Just Admitted the Piedmont “Emergency” Might Be Fake. It Let PSEG Bulldoze Your Land Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Part of The New Land Wars series Charlotte Hetterick runs an organic farm in Carroll...
Maryland Schools Are Being Asked to Do Everything — Even Potty Training
By MDBayNews Staff Anne Arundel County Public Schools is expanding support for young students who arrive at school not...
While the WNBA Fights Over Sophie Cunningham, Maryland Quietly Stays the Course
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has spent the back half of the WNBA season as the...
Three Governors, One Script: Texas, Maryland and Pennsylvania Are All Suddenly Cracking Down on Data Centers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro stood in Harrisburg on Tuesday and told data center...