Remembering Maryland’s Own: The 68 Marylanders Lost on 9/11
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 68 called...
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Frederick ICE Clash: Neighborhood Calms as Warrant Claim Surfaces, No Arrests Confirmed
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick, Md. — A routine-sounding vehicle stop turned into one of Frederick County's...
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...
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...
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...
Fitzwater vs. Holtzinger: Money and Data Centers Define Frederick’s Fall Race
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County voters will decide in November whether Jessica Fitzwater gets four more...
Brunswick Sworn In Two Council Members Without a Vote. Here’s the Rule That Allowed It.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Brunswick did not hold a city election this August. It did not need to. Three candidates...
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...
Carroll County’s Democrats field a full slate for the first time in years — but District 5 remains the GOP’s deepest firewall
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 5, covering most of Carroll County and a small slice of southeastern Frederick...
Frederick and Carroll’s District 4 gets an open House seat as the GOP’s longest-serving delegate steps aside
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 4, covering parts of Frederick and Carroll counties, is not seeing much drama at...
No primary losers in Frederick’s District 3 — despite what the ballot history might suggest
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 3, which covers the city of Frederick, is nominally competitive territory in a...
A late GOP swap headlines Maryland Legislative District 2
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 2 — covering east Washington County, including Hagerstown, along with a slice of...
Robin Ficker Won the GOP Primary With $401 Left in the Bank. Now What?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Robin Ficker is the Republican nominee for Maryland's 6th Congressional District this fall....
Two Regulators, One Gas Company: DC and Maryland Both Weigh Washington Gas Pipe Spending This Week
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Washington Gas is facing scrutiny from utility regulators in two jurisdictions this week,...
What Maryland Actually Gets — and Gives Up — By Saying No to Data Centers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews National coverage of the data center backlash tends to run one of two ways: either data...
The Data Center Fight Isn’t Just Frederick’s Anymore — Here’s Where Maryland’s Counties Stand
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County's data center fight — a 2,600-acre zoning overlay, a referendum drive...
Maryland’s Highest Court Kills the Frederick Data Center Referendum — 21,029 Signatures, Zero Votes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Supreme Court of Maryland on Tuesday ended the largest citizen petition drive in...
MD-6 Primary Delivers a Clear Democratic Winner — and a GOP Puzzle Heading Into November
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Staff Incumbent April McClain Delaney won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's Sixth...
REPUBLICAN DELEGATE ANNOUNCES COUNTER-PROPOSAL FOR SPECIAL SESSION: TAKE REDISTRICTING OUT OF POLITICIANS’ HANDS ENTIRELY
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County Delegate Christopher Bouchat announced today that he intends to introduce...
Frederick County’s School Board Race: 14 Candidates, 4 Seats, and a Clear Ideological Divide
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Early voting is open through June 18, and the primary is June 23. Frederick County voters...
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...
The Field Nobody’s Covering: Ten Candidates Running in MD-6 While Everyone Watches the Billionaires Fight
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Election 2026 · Maryland's 6th Congressional District Maryland's 6th Congressional...
Frederick County Is Being Remade. Who’s Paying for It?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick County is changing faster than almost anywhere else in Maryland — and new...
Maryland’s Disability Rate Is Rising — And the Increase Is Statewide
Most counties saw higher percentages of residents with a disability in 2024 than in 2023, according to new federal data....
Frederick Officials Push for Signature Verification in Data Center Ballot Fight — Raising Stakes Over Election Trust
By MDBayNews Staff Frederick County leaders are stepping in early as a referendum effort targeting the county’s data...
Trone Money Flows Into Frederick County: Fitzwater’s Campaign Backed by Trone Family Donations
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Campaign finance records continue to reveal a familiar pattern in Maryland politics: when...
Frederick County Executive Race 2026: A Competitive County at a Crossroads
By MDBayNews Staff The 2026 race for Frederick County Executive is officially set — and it’s shaping up to be one of...
At Thomas S. Wootton High School, Who Was the Aggressor?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As more details emerge in the shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School, a central claim is...
Maryland Sheriffs Urge Gov. Wes Moore to Reject Bill Limiting Cooperation With ICE
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS — Republican sheriffs from Carroll, Frederick, and Harford counties issued a public warning...
Frederick Man Sentenced to Federal Prison in Firearms Trafficking and Machine-Gun Case
By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore, Maryland — A federal judge has sentenced a Frederick resident to more than four years in...
Dan Cox Is Back — But Is He the Answer for Maryland Republicans in 2026?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Republican former state delegate Dan Cox has officially filed to run for governor of...
Residents to Rally at Winchester Hall Over Massive Data Center Expansion Concerns
By MDBayNews Staff Residents in Frederick are planning a rally at Winchester Hall to protest what they describe as a...
Montgomery County’s Rent Stabilization Pitch Lands in Frederick—And Sparks Familiar Concerns
By MDBayNews Staff Frederick County leaders are facing renewed pressure to consider rent stabilization—this time with...
Frederick County Spending, Property Taxes, and the Populist Revolt: Dan Cox Takes Aim at Democratic Leadership
By MDBayNews Staff Former Maryland state delegate and 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel L. Cox is once again...
Maryland’s Data Center Moment: Growth, Grid Limits, and the Fight for Balance
By Michael Phillips | Tech Bay News | MDBayNews Maryland is no data center giant—but it is no longer an afterthought. As...
ICE Partnerships Under Fire in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Wicomico County has put its proposed ICE cooperation agreement on ice — after...
Breaking: Two Shot During Large Fight in Ballenger Creek Neighborhood
November 2, 2025 — Frederick, MD A violent altercation in the Ballenger Creek area erupted into gunfire Sunday night,...
The Silence of the System: How Frederick County Public Schools Failed Its Most Vulnerable Students
When a 22-year-old special education aide stands accused of sexually abusing disabled and non-verbal children inside a...
The Quiet Transformation of the I-270 Corridor: Boon or Boondoggle?
When most Marylanders hear about transportation and development, they think of the flashy, billion-dollar projects—the...
Frederick County’s Latest Horror Show: A School Board Meeting Gone Wild
Ah, Frederick County, Maryland—where school board meetings now resemble open-mic night at a downtown comedy club. The...