A Decade of Red Line Promises, and Baltimore Is Still Waiting on the Bus
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Jonathan Sacks runs a community development corporation in Edmondson, the West Baltimore...
Tag: Infrastructure
Live-Wire Testing Begins on the Purple Line. MTA’s Own Filing Says Nothing Changed — While Disclosing That It Did.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Crews began live-wire testing on the Purple Line this week, running light-rail vehicles...
Montgomery County Bought Half a Ferry. It Won’t Say What Happens If the Other Half Never Comes.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County officials stood in Poolesville on Friday to announce what they're calling...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What Would a “Golden Age” Look Like in Maryland?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland has always had the raw ingredients: a strategic East Coast location, deepwater...
Innovation Corridor or Illusion? Western Maryland’s Energy Crossroads
By MDBayNews Staff Western Maryland is once again at the center of a debate that cuts to the core of Maryland’s economic...
Maryland Leaders Blame the Ads While Ratepayers Pay the Price
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland families struggle with rising utility bills, a new debate has erupted in Annapolis—not...
Weeks More of Sewage in the Capital: D.C.’s Infrastructure Failure Spills Into Public View
By MdBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. residents are now being told that a massive sewage leak fouling parts of the city will...
Opinion: Morgantown’s Sale to TeraWulf Should Signal Opportunity, Not Fear
By MDBayNews Staff The recent announcement that TeraWulf Inc. is moving forward with the acquisition of the former...
Maryland Lawmakers Move to Bar Power Line Surveyors From Private Property During Hunting Season
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers from both parties are advancing legislation aimed at protecting private property...
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 Energy Warnings Clash With Annapolis Climate Politics
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland endures winter storms and rising energy costs, warnings of potential rolling blackouts are...
Maryland’s Snow Removal Report Card: We Graded It — Then Applied the Curve
By Snowy McSnowFace | MDBayNews More than a week after Maryland’s latest snowstorm, one thing is clear: the snow is gone,...
Chalk Point’s Return Highlights Maryland’s Energy Reality Check
By MDBayNews Staff A recent post by J.B. Jennings has reignited a debate Maryland lawmakers have largely tried to avoid:...
The Kennedy Center Shutdown: Necessary Rebuild or Unnecessary Overreach?
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration has announced plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
Trump Moves to Shut Down Kennedy Center for Two-Year Overhaul, Framing Years of “Neglect”
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration has formally announced plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the...
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,...
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...
Maryland AG Anthony Brown Opposes LNG Expansion, Drawing Criticism Over Energy Security and Jobs
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is once again aligning the state with national progressive...
Western Maryland Flooded in 2025. Action Came in 2026. Moore Points Elsewhere.
By MDBayNews Staff When devastating floods tore through Western Maryland in May 2025, residents in Allegany and Garrett...
Montgomery County Expands Green Bank Role With Climate Resiliency Bill
By MDBayNews Staff ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery County Councilmembers Dawn Luedtke, Andrew Friedson, and Evan Glass on...
Burnett Warns Montgomery County Against ‘Piecemeal’ Data Center Policy
By MDBayNews Staff A growing debate over data center development in Montgomery County is exposing sharp divisions over land...
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 Councilmember Introduces Legislation for Sweeping Data Center Oversight
By Maryland Bay News Staff Rockville, MD — Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass (At-Large) has introduced a new...
Moore, Trump Transportation Team Signal Push to Accelerate Maryland’s Most Critical Bridge Projects
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Governor Wes Moore and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced what they described...
Maryland’s Data Center Boom Is Real. The Accountability Isn’t.
By Michel Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s leaders like to frame the state’s data center push as a smart,...
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...
USDOT Pressures Maryland as Key Bridge Costs Double and Beltway Congestion Reaches Breaking Point
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s most important infrastructure project—the rebuilding of Baltimore’s...
Rushed Flood Barriers, Rising Bills: Annapolis’ City Dock Push Lands Days Before Election
By Michael Phillips, MDBayNews Less than two days after floodwater once again swamped downtown streets, Annapolis moved...
Maryland’s Deadliest Highways: A Wake-Up Call on Lawlessness, Design, and Government Priorities
Maryland’s roads have quietly become among the most dangerous in the nation — and despite endless campaigns,...
$2 Million to Study How to Walk Half a Mile: Metro’s Latest “Transit Investment” for the Commanders’ New Playground
Washington, D.C. — Because nothing says “fiscal discipline” quite like spending $2 million to study how fans might...
Maryland’s Traffic Paralysis: Why Won’t the State Build More Bridges Across the Potomac?
Traffic between Maryland and Virginia has become a daily nightmare. Commuters crawl across the American Legion Bridge, sit...
Asbestos in Maryland Schools: Another Safety Crisis Under Wes Moore’s Watch
Just weeks after Maryland families learned their children would be sitting in mold-filled classrooms, another threat has...
Maryland Schools Open the Year With Mold: Another Failure of Wes Moore’s Priorities
As Maryland students filed back into classrooms for the 2025–26 school year, many parents weren’t worried about test...
Data Centers and Double Standards: Is Frederick County Picking Tech Winners While Punishing Growth?
By Michael Phillips Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater made headlines this week by touting a new “comprehensive...