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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MCPS Curriculum Tied to SPLC Standards as Federal Fraud Charges Loom Over Organization
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews At a Montgomery County Board of Education work session last week, Moms for Liberty chapter...
Maryland Spent $1.2 Billion on Baltimore’s Stadiums. What Are the Teams Spending on Baltimore’s Kids?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Correction: An earlier version of this article understated the Baltimore Ravens' education...
SPLC Under Federal Indictment — And Its Curriculum Is in Maryland Classrooms
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On April 21, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an 11-count indictment...
The Leak Nobody Reported: How Joint Base Andrews Lost 32,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel — and Maryland Didn’t Find Out for Months
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Sometime last December, a refueling system at Joint Base Andrews failed a pressure safety...
EPA Completes Potomac Cleanup Ahead of Schedule. Wes Moore Is Still Silent.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday that the federal cleanup of the Potomac...
Montgomery County Executive Candidate Falls for Fake Campaign Finance Screenshot
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A candidate running for Montgomery County Executive publicly accused a political opponent...
Maryland’s Protective Order System Has Failed Before. It Will Again.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Robert MacMeekin drove his daughter to a Baltimore County courthouse on Saturday morning to...
Law Day Irony: Maryland’s Top Lawyer Has Failed the Law
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews At 3:07 p.m. today, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown posted a tribute to the rule of...
Maryland Refused to Act When the Potomac Was Drowning in Sewage. Now It Wants to Sue.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When 240 million gallons of raw sewage began pouring into the Potomac River on January 19,...
Maryland’s Water Is Running Out. Virginia’s Data Centers Are Part of Why.
The Potomac hasn't been this low in recorded history. Millions of Marylanders depend on it. And a sprawling industry...
Where Is June? Sources Say Trone’s Marriage Is Over — and a New Jersey Widow Has Emerged as His Companion
David Trone has built his congressional brand on his family. Since re-entering the MD-6 race in December 2025, his wife and...
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...
Maryland Senate Unanimously Passes Kanaiyah’s Law on Final Day of Session
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate voted unanimously on Monday to pass House Bill 980, known...
Maryland Celebrates Balanced Budget While Staring Down a $4 Billion Cliff
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore signed Maryland's fiscal year 2027 budget into law...
Federal foster care watchdog quietly rewrote the rules — then sent Maryland a smaller bill
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On November 14, 2025, a senior official at the federal Children's Bureau — signing as...
Jawando Taps Public Financing — and a Parallel Big-Money Committee
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note, April 8, 2026: This article has been updated to reflect federal campaign...
Who Was Running Total Wine? Records Contradict Trone’s Claims of Arm’s-Length Management
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, David Trone has offered voters a reassuring story: when he went to Congress, he...
The Montgomery Shadow Over Maryland’s 6th
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The numbers are simple. In 2024, Republican Neil Parrott carried Washington County by 22...
She Slipped the Cuffs, Fought Two Officers, Drove Impaired — Then Walked Away Clean. Years Later, Under Oath, She Said She Didn’t Remember.
A deposition transcript obtained by this outlet reveals that Sarah Hornbeck admitted under oath to a...
A Forum for Some, Silence for Others: Poolesville “Fair Access” Event Raises Questions About Access and Fairness
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Montgomery County, political forums are nothing new—especially during a competitive...
The Case That Wouldn’t End
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s judiciary often presents itself as a model of stability, professionalism, and...
Maryland Ranks #2 for Fishing—Now What?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland doesn’t usually get to claim a top-tier national ranking without an argument attached to it....
Blind Date at the Ballot Box: Inside the Money Network Behind Montgomery County’s Judicial Elections
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Most voters can name their governor. Some can name their state delegate. Fewer can name...
Inside the Trone Donor Network: How Family, In-Laws, and Coordinated Giving Amplify Political Influence in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Campaign finance reports are often treated like a bureaucratic afterthought. They are...
DHS Election Security Official Raises New Questions About America’s Voting Technology
By MDBayNews Staff A new investigative report has ignited debate over the future of voting technology in the United States...
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...
The Annapolis Money Machine: How Maryland Campaign Cash Circulates Among Political Insiders
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland politicians like to talk about transparency, accountability, and reform. But if...
Months Missing: How Maryland’s Broken Child Welfare System Lost Track of Tristan King
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For nearly six months, a nine-year-old boy was effectively missing in plain sight in...
Green Party Gubernatorial Campaign Unveils Sweeping “Education Justice” Platform
By MDBayNews Staff The campaign of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Andy Ellis and his running mate Owen Silverman...
Montgomery County Schools Caught Moving the Goalposts Again
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County Public Schools appears to have found its latest justification for closing...
How Criminal Charges Can Be Filed in Maryland Without a Judge
By MDBayNews Staff When most Americans imagine someone being charged with a crime, they picture a judge reviewing evidence...
Sewage Still Flowing: Potomac River Contamination Raises Questions About Accountability
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For months, Maryland officials have insisted the Potomac River sewage crisis was under...
Anthony Brown’s Latest Anti-Trump Lawsuit: Maryland Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Another Political Stunt
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Tuesday that his office has filed an...
Why Independent Voters Can’t Vote in Maryland Primaries
By MDBayNews Staff Every election cycle in Maryland, thousands of voters walk into a polling place only to discover...
The Primary That Changed Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When historians look back at the razor-thin 1994 Maryland gubernatorial election, most...
Why Maryland’s Legislature Is So Dominated by Democrats
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland is often described as a deep-blue state, and in the General Assembly the numbers make that...
Maryland Claims “Historic” Oyster Reproduction — But the Real Question Is: After Billions Spent, Why Is the Bay Still in Trouble?
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Governor Wes Moore recently announced what his administration called a “historic year for...
MDBayNews Files Public Records Requests Seeking Government Communications About Reichert Federal Lawsuits
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews MDBayNews has filed a series of public records requests with multiple Maryland government...
Maryland Attorney’s Deposition Raises New Questions in Federal Malicious Prosecution Case
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A recent deposition in a federal lawsuit involving a long-running Maryland custody dispute...