Who Pays for the Data Center Boom? In Maryland, the Answer Is Already You.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The question was never whether Maryland wanted data centers. The state answered that years...
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Crabs Are Back. Moore Didn’t Bring Them.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Maryland DNR released the results of its annual Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter...
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...
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...
The “Poisoning the Sky” Narrative: What’s Real, What’s Speculation, and Why Americans Don’t Trust the Answer
By MDBayNews Staff For decades, claims that governments are “controlling the weather” or “spraying chemicals in the...
Virginia Warns. Maryland Shrugs.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When it comes to the Potomac River sewage spill, one thing is crystal clear: Virginia spoke...
Democrats Want a Permit to Pick Berries? HB 72 Sparks Backlash — and Satire
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland families wrestle with rising utility bills, public safety concerns, and looming budget...
Data Center Debate Exposes a Rare Maryland Consensus — and Voter Unease
By MDBayNews Staff Annapolis, MD — A heated hearing in Annapolis on House Bill 120 (HB 120) revealed something unusual in...
Maryland’s Latest Economic Fix: Turn an Invasive Fish Into Cat Food
By MDBayNews Staff Facing stubborn budget pressures and a long list of unmet priorities, Maryland lawmakers are touting a...
DC Water’s Priorities Problem: A $55 Million Headquarters and a Half-Billion Gallons of Sewage
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C.’s latest sewage disaster has exposed more than just aging pipes—it has revealed a...
Potomac Sewage Spill Highlights Maryland’s Infrastructure Accountability Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews By any measure, the Potomac River should not be the place where government failures quietly...
Analysis: Why Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan Is Facing Growing Pushback
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), first adopted in 2021 and updated annually...
Time to Scrap Maryland’s Outdated Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program
In a state increasingly burdened by high taxes and outmigration, a bold proposal from Delegate Christopher Bouchat (R)...
Ghost Forests and Forgotten Farms: Maryland’s Eastern Shore Confronts a Salty Reality
By Michael Phillips The skeletons of once-proud forests now haunt Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Across Dorchester, Somerset,...
Dragging Feet or Leading Wisely? Why Moore and Brown Are Right to Pause on “Clean Cars” Lawsuit
By Michael Phillips On July 3, Maryland Matters published a piece bemoaning what it called the “inaction” of Governor...