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Tag: Baltimore

The CDC Paid Baltimore Teens to Sell Vaccines to Their Peers. It Wasn’t Just Baltimore, and Its Own Researchers Couldn’t Show It Worked.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore, MD — For nearly a year, a small group of Baltimore teenagers was paid to...

Michael Phillips
September 11, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
September 6, 2026

Where Maryland Remembers: 9/11 Memorials and 25th Anniversary Events Across the State

This September marks 25 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and communities across Maryland are holding...

Michael Phillips
September 2, 2026

Baltimore Ranks Second-Worst Real Estate Market in the Country, New Study Finds

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore's housing market landed near the bottom of a new national...

Michael Phillips
August 24, 2026

Who Actually Paid for the New M&T Bank Stadium

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Ravens unveiled the finished version of their stadium this month. Three years of...

Michael Phillips
August 21, 2026

One in Five BGE Customers Is Behind on Utility Bills. Maryland’s Affordability Problem Is Getting Harder to Ignore.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s energy affordability problem is showing up in a number that should get...

Michael Phillips
August 19, 2026

Camden Yards Emerges as Front-Runner for 2030 MLB All-Star Game, 37 Years After Its Last Turn

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore has not hosted a Major League Baseball All-Star Game since Bill Clinton's first...

Michael Phillips
August 15, 2026

What Maryland Didn’t Consider

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Maryland On the Map The Wednesday press conference produced three things Maryland needed:...

Michael Phillips
August 10, 2026

Pimlico Has No Plan for the Other 364 Days

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A source texted Fox Baltimore's Chris Papst this week after the Preakness was excluded from...

Michael Phillips
August 8, 2026

A UMB Instructor’s Visa Lapsed in 2024. Why Didn’t Anyone Catch It Until ICE Did?

DHS says Berhanu Kibret's visa expired in May 2024. UMB says he nevertheless had valid work authorization. The unanswered...

Michael Phillips
August 8, 2026

What Moore Announced — And What Comes Next

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore held his press conference Wednesday. It was, by the standards of...

Michael Phillips
August 5, 2026

D.C. and Baltimore Rank Among America’s Riskiest Cities for Drivers — But State Data Tells a More Complicated Story

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Washington, D.C. and Baltimore landed at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, on Allstate's 2026...

Michael Phillips
August 4, 2026

The Count Behind the Count: Maryland’s Homelessness Numbers Are Getting Worse, Not Better

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On a single night in January 2025, 7,120 Marylanders had no home. That's 1,051 more people...

Michael Phillips
July 25, 2026

Paying Twice: The Federal Deal Costing Maryland Ratepayers Hundreds Of Millions For Two Anne Arundel Power Plants

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Every Baltimore Gas and Electric customer — 1.2 million households and businesses across...

Michael Phillips
July 12, 2026

Maryland Built a Legal Wall Against ICE Surveillance Data. Is Anyone Checking If It Holds?

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody in Maryland has smashed a Flock Safety camera. Nobody has cut one down with vice...

Michael Phillips
July 11, 2026

Maryland’s Greatest Contributions We Left Off the List

A MDBayNews America 250 Independence Day Sidebar | July 4, 2026 Our main feature today runs seventeen sections covering...

Michael Phillips
July 3, 2026

Maryland Made America: The Old Line State’s 250-Year Gift to the Nation

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | An Independence Day Feature | July 4, 2026 There is a version of American history where...

Michael Phillips
July 3, 2026

The Baltimore Sun Got the World Cup Wrong. Watch the Fans.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Sun promoted Josh Tolentino's column this week with a tweet calling the 2026...

Michael Phillips
July 1, 2026

Why FIFA Really Passed Over Baltimore — And Whether the City Has Caught Up

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When FIFA announced its 16 World Cup host cities on June 16, 2022, the Baltimore-Washington...

Michael Phillips
June 30, 2026

Baltimore Wasn’t Spared — It Was Passed Over

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Inner Harbor was packed last weekend. Tourists elbow to elbow, families along the...

Michael Phillips
June 29, 2026

Orioles Pride Night Features Drag Performer in Family Section, Drawing Sharp Fan Backlash

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Baltimore Orioles are hosting their annual Pride Night at Camden Yards this Friday, and...

Michael Phillips
June 26, 2026

Building Bridges to Liberia While Baltimore Waits for Its Own

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On June 24, 2026 — the morning after Maryland's Democratic primary returned him a...

Michael Phillips
June 25, 2026

The Governor Bought a Horse Race

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Thursday, with five days remaining before a primary election, Governor Wes Moore's...

Michael Phillips
June 20, 2026

Maryland Democrats Respond to Baltimore School ICE Arrest — But the Facts They’re Omitting Matter

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When ICE agents detained two people outside a Baltimore elementary school during morning...

Michael Phillips
June 12, 2026

Baltimore’s $75,000 Spin Doctor Went to War With a Restaurant Website

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore City’s rapid response press secretary went to war this week — with a...

Michael Phillips
May 22, 2026

Maryland Is Trying to Buy Back a Race It Never Should Have Lost

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map Maryland is quietly trying to spend another $85 million. According...

Michael Phillips
May 14, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
May 9, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
May 6, 2026

Bureaucracy Over Kids: Baltimore Adds Admin Jobs While One District Gets No Rec Centers

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Councilman Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer grew up in Baltimore's 5th District, a block off Park...

Michael Phillips
May 4, 2026

Fraud, Data Breach, and Missing Records: Inside Baltimore’s $700K Youth Program Failure

By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore City launched the SideStep program with a familiar promise: steer young, first-time offenders...

Staff Writer
March 18, 2026

Judge Caps ICE Detainees in Baltimore — But Maryland Democrats Still Block New Detention Facilities

By MDBayNews Staff A new federal court ruling limiting the number of immigration detainees held at a federal facility in...

Staff Writer
March 7, 2026

Downtown Baltimore’s Revitalization Hits Reality: Big Promises, Bigger Headwinds

By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore’s political leadership has spent the past two years promising a “comeback story” for...

Staff Writer
March 4, 2026

Baltimore’s Protective Order Machine: When Allegations Become Weapons

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the state can take your freedom, your reputation, and your livelihood based on a...

Michael Phillips
February 27, 2026

Maryland’s Child Trafficking Crisis: Two Federal Indictments Raise Urgent Questions About Protection and Enforcement

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two separate federal indictments out of Maryland this month allege horrific crimes...

Michael Phillips
February 25, 2026

Mayor Scott, AG Brown, and the Inspector General: When “Transparency” Comes With Fine Print

By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says transparency and integrity are “sacred” in public service....

Michael Phillips
February 6, 2026

Can Baltimore Kick the Heroin Habit With $580 Million? Or Is This Another Expensive Detour?

By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore is once again betting big on government intervention. According to a recent Baltimore Sun...

Michael Phillips
February 2, 2026

Black History Is Not a Monolith—And Never Was

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Black History Month should remind Americans of something often forgotten in modern...

Michael Phillips
February 1, 2026

Frozen in Time: Baltimore’s Aging Infrastructure Buckles Under Historic Cold

As a historic cold spell grips Maryland, Baltimore is once again confronting an all-too-familiar problem: an aging,...

Michael Phillips
February 1, 2026

When the System Goes Dark: Baltimore’s CAD Failures Expose a Deeper Crisis of Governance

By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore residents were told to trust the system. Once again, that trust has been tested—and found...

Michael Phillips
January 31, 2026

Baltimore Needs Real Safety, Not Fear-Fueled ICE Watch Networks

By MDBayNews Staff The recent Baltimore Beat article promoting grassroots “ICE watch groups” and resistance strategies...

Michael Phillips
January 30, 2026

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