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...
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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...
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...
The Real Swing County: Anne Arundel Heads Into a Wide-Open November
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, Md. — If Harford County's fall ballot is contested mostly on paper, Anne Arundel's is...
The Case Dan Cox Isn’t Making
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland has a real affordability story right now. Dan Cox just isn't the one telling it...
Maryland’s Own Websites Haven’t Caught Up to Its Bond Rating Shakeup
By Greg Visscher | MDBayNews | Guest Contribution Maryland's official budget website still tells residents the state holds...
Why Maryland Counties Can’t Create New Taxes on Their Own
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The county leaders who testified at Monday's revenue task force hearing were asking the...
EDITORIAL: Maryland Didn’t Need a Reparations Commission. It Especially Doesn’t Need This One.
MDBayNews Editorial Maryland's Reparations Commission is finally getting its members this month, five years after the idea...
Maryland’s Reparations Commission Is Taking Shape. It’s Also a Different Commission Than Lawmakers Passed.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — A state commission that took years to authorize is finally close to...
Moore Administration Orders Two Dozen Agencies to Model 10% Budget Cuts as Deficit Deepens
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews State agencies across Maryland have been ordered to show how they would absorb cuts they...
Eight Days, Ten Announcements: What Moore’s Late-Summer Sprint Actually Delivers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8, Gov. Wes Moore's office issued 10 press...
Maryland Republicans Went Quiet on the One Day They Should Have Been Loudest, With a Few Notable Exceptions
Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | OPINION Labor Day is supposed to be an easy layup for any candidate running on...
Maryland’s Jobs Are Coming Back. The State’s Own Choices Keep Getting in the Way.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's private employers added nearly 11,000 jobs in July, the strongest single month...
The Rideshare Language Fight Has a Federal Bill Behind It. In Maryland, the Machines That Could Sidestep the Whole Argument Are Stuck in Committee.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Complaints about rideshare drivers who can't communicate in English aren't just a social...
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...
Maryland’s ERs Are Still the Slowest in the Country. Half Its Hospitals Have Quietly Gotten Faster Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland patients have waited longer in hospital emergency rooms than...
Maryland Ranks 7th Nationally for Lifetime Tax Burden, New Study Finds
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Marylander who works 45 years and lives to the average life expectancy will hand over...
Moore Calls $28.5 Million in EV Grants “Lowering Costs.” Maryland’s Electric-Bus Record Deserves More Scrutiny.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore has a new answer to rising gas prices: spend $28.5 million funding...
Moore and Miller Want ICE Coordination After Maryland Restricted Local Immigration Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller are criticizing recent federal...
Maryland’s Next Payroll Tax Is Coming in 2027 — A Year Before Benefits Begin
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland workers and businesses have another mandatory cost coming, and it will show up...
Marylanders Need Nearly $108,000 to Live Comfortably, New Study Finds. Families Need Almost $258,000.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A single adult in Maryland now needs an annual pre-tax income of $107,910 to live...
A 90-to-1 Fundraising Gap: Inside the MD-3 General Election
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland's 3rd Congressional District has its November matchup set: Democratic incumbent Sarah Elfreth...
Introducing New Maryland: A Modest Proposal for the Rest of Us
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Let's get the disclaimer out of the way first, because someone in Annapolis is already...
Another Dock Street Business Closes. This Time, the Jobs Lost Belong to Workers Who Have the Hardest Time Finding New Ones
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS, Md. Bitty & Beau's Coffee will pour its last cup on Dock Street next month,...
Maryland’s Digital Ad Tax Just Got Thrown Out. Here’s What Happens to the Money.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising is dead, at least for now, and...
The Poll Saying Moore Is Up 27 Points Was Built by His Own Party’s Pollster and Sold by a Podcast His Party’s Media Sponsors
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — A poll released this week says Gov. Wes Moore leads Republican challenger Dan...
Maryland Ranked 35th Best State to Live In. Its Schools Help — Everything Else Doesn’t.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland landed 35th out of 50 states in WalletHub's 2026 "Best States to Live In" ranking,...
EPA Said Yes to New Hampshire. Maryland’s Version of the Same Bill Died in Committee.
by Michael Phillips | MDBayNews New Hampshire drivers haven't had their cars sniffed for pollution since January. On Aug....
Where Maryland’s School Money Actually Goes — And Why It Still Isn’t Pencils
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A viral post out of Virginia in early August put a face on a problem Maryland teachers know...
A Senator, a Sidewalk Tree, and Three Days of Silence: Should Anthony Muse Resign?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Three days after a state senator's SUV ended up parked against a tree in Annapolis, the...
The $4,000 “Crisis” Is Mostly Sandwiches. The Real Maryland Affordability Story Is in Annapolis.
By Michael Phillips | Maryland Bay News The Maryland Democratic Party wants you to believe Donald Trump personally raised...
Power Over People: How Annapolis Rewrote the Rules — and What It Ignored to Do It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland General Assembly closed its three-day special session Tuesday night having...
The House Passed It 96-38. Bouchat’s Bill Never Got a Hearing.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland House of Delegates voted 96-38 Tuesday to pass House Bill 2100, sending the...
Day One: The Session Convenes, the Math Gets Real, and a Democrat Breaks Ranks
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The General Assembly gaveled in at 10 a.m. Monday for the Aug. 3-5 special session, and by...
DeMarinis Walks Back Bettor Threat, Refers Prediction Markets for Investigation Anyway
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Staff Maryland's top election official spent four weeks moving from "under review" to an...
The GOP Says This Bill Proves Hypocrisy. The Bill Itself Tells a Messier Story.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Republican Party posted the text of House Bill 2101 on July 30 with a direct...
Republicans Won’t Boycott the Special Session. They’ll Just Talk About Everything Else.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey wants one thing clear before the Aug. 3-5 special...
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...
The Memo That Locked Everyone Else Out Just Let Bouchat In
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Part of The Bouchat Paradox series Christopher Eric Bouchat has spent three sessions...
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...