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Maryland’s New Tech Tax Brought In 77% Less Than Promised. Business Groups Want It Gone.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's new tax on business IT and data services closed its first full...

Michael Phillips
September 3, 2026

Democrats Are Building a Farm Team. Maryland Republicans Have $24,000 and a Prayer.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Pete Buttigieg spent Wednesday morning making news for something other than a presidential...

Michael Phillips
August 13, 2026

District 1 Is Set: Western Maryland Heads to November With One Open House Seat

Western Maryland's Garrett, Allegany and Washington county seats head into November with an open House race, three...

Michael Phillips
August 7, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
August 6, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
August 4, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
August 4, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
July 30, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
July 23, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
July 21, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
July 21, 2026

DOJ Sues Maryland Over Community Trust Act — Second Federal Challenge in Six Weeks

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Department of Justice sued Maryland and Attorney General Anthony Brown on July 9,...

Michael Phillips
July 10, 2026

Bouchat Fires Off at Leadership as the Redistricting Session He Predicted Finally Arrives

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Part of the Bouchat Paradox series Christopher Eric Bouchat has spent three legislative...

Michael Phillips
July 9, 2026

‘The Nail Is Still in the Tire’: A Delegate Chose to Walk Away. Then the House Voted to Debate Expelling Him for It.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Part of the Bouchat Paradox series Christopher Eric Bouchat (R-5th) made his decision...

Michael Phillips
May 28, 2026

SCOTUS Lets Virginia’s Redistricting Map Die — And Maryland Democrats Should Take Note

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The U.S. Supreme Court closed the last exit ramp for Virginia Democrats on Thursday,...

Michael Phillips
May 18, 2026

Ferguson’s Chamber, Ferguson’s Rules

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — At 11:59 p.m. on April 13, as the Maryland General Assembly's 2026 session...

Michael Phillips
April 17, 2026

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