Cox Pressed Moore on Taxes, the Key Bridge and a Full Term. Moore Pressed Back on Trump.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Opinion OWINGS MILLS, Md. Dan Cox came to Maryland Public Television on Tuesday with one...
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Utility Bills, a $3 Billion Gap and Persistent Outmigration: What Is Driving Maryland’s Statewide Races
By Michael Phillips | Oct. 5, 2026 Marylanders will pick a governor, a comptroller and an attorney general on Nov. 3, and...
The One Line Item That Can’t Be Cut by Memo
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two dozen Maryland cabinet agencies got a memo this month telling them to model what it...
Maryland Week in Review: A $3 Billion Budget Gap, Another Premium Hike and a Question 3 Poll War
By MDBayNews Staff Last week in Maryland was mostly about money, and the news was not all good. State revenue came in...
Moore Rolls Out New “AI Principles” as Marylanders Wait on Tax Answers
Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore's office posted a new policy document this week called "AI Principles," a...
Maryland’s Own Websites Haven’t Caught Up to Its Bond Rating Shakeup
By Greg Visscher | MDBayNews | Guest Contribution Maryland's official budget website still tells residents the state holds...
Behind the Jobs Numbers: Maryland’s Layoff List Keeps Growing in 2026
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews PepsiCo is walking away from a Cheverly bottling plant that has run for more than 60 years,...
EDITORIAL: Maryland Didn’t Need a Reparations Commission. It Especially Doesn’t Need This One.
MDBayNews Editorial Maryland's Reparations Commission is finally getting its members this month, five years after the idea...
Maryland’s Reparations Commission Is Taking Shape. It’s Also a Different Commission Than Lawmakers Passed.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — A state commission that took years to authorize is finally close to...
Moore Administration Orders Two Dozen Agencies to Model 10% Budget Cuts as Deficit Deepens
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews State agencies across Maryland have been ordered to show how they would absorb cuts they...
Eight Days, Ten Announcements: What Moore’s Late-Summer Sprint Actually Delivers
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8, Gov. Wes Moore's office issued 10 press...
Maryland’s Jobs Are Coming Back. The State’s Own Choices Keep Getting in the Way.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's private employers added nearly 11,000 jobs in July, the strongest single month...
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...
Maryland Ranks 7th Nationally for Lifetime Tax Burden, New Study Finds
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Marylander who works 45 years and lives to the average life expectancy will hand over...
Marylanders Need Nearly $108,000 to Live Comfortably, New Study Finds. Families Need Almost $258,000.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A single adult in Maryland now needs an annual pre-tax income of $107,910 to live...
Maryland’s Digital Ad Tax Just Got Thrown Out. Here’s What Happens to the Money.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising is dead, at least for now, and...
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...
Two Maryland Schools Cut Staff. Two Cut Tuition Instead. Only One Strategy Is Working.
Maryland's public university system has been cut $222 million over three years. College Park and Bowie State responded by...
Maryland’s Road Money Is Locked Up By Law — And Nobody’s Fixing It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews State budget data shows 75.1 percent of Maryland commuters drive alone or carpool. Only 5...
Maryland’s Hidden Bill: A Supreme Court Ruling Just Told Annapolis to Find the Money It Never Set Aside
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's Supreme Court handed the state a win on June 23 — and used the occasion to...
Maryland’s Economy Isn’t Growing. The Numbers Say Something Sharper.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland officials have spent much of the past year touting job growth numbers as evidence...
Annapolis Doesn’t Pay to Play. Marylanders Do.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland families are getting squeezed from every direction this summer — a property tax...
Moore’s ICE Scare Tactic Was Already Out of Date When It Aired
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On a soundstage in California, taped weeks before it ever reached a Maryland screen,...
Wes Moore: Incapable of Meeting the Moment
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Wes Moore spent the week before Independence Day telling national reporters that President...
One Foot Out the Door: Wes Moore’s Reelection Pitch Is a Presidential Audition
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In September 2025, NBC's Kristen Welker asked Governor Wes Moore a simple question on "Meet...
Governor Moore’s Disability Pride Month Message Runs Into His Own Budget Record
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore's official account marked the start of Disability Pride Month with a...
Wes Moore Picks a Fight on the Nation’s 250th Birthday. Maryland Gets the Bill.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Governor Wes Moore will stand at the State House in Annapolis on Saturday and...
What Wes Moore Didn’t Say After Winning Maryland’s Primary
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Wes Moore won his primary Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, he was everywhere —...
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...
Audits Flag $1.2 Billion in Questionable Maryland Spending. Moore Says the Number Is Wrong.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland state agencies have collectively accumulated more than $1.2 billion in...
Purple Line Delay Grows to 78 Days as MTA Milestone Chart Stays Frozen
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's perpetually delayed Purple Line is slipping further behind schedule, according...
Moore Vetoed Five Bills After Session. Here’s What He Killed — and Why It Matters.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The 2026 General Assembly session produced more than 860 new Maryland laws. Governor Wes...
The Governor Who Takes Credit for Everything — Except What Went Wrong
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore is running for reelection on a record he has spent three years carefully...
Moore Calls It a Comeback. Baltimore City’s Numbers Call It Something Else.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore's communications team knows what it's doing. On Thursday, the governor's...
Maryland Is Bleeding Money. Voters Have a Choice.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map Mail-in ballots are already in circulation. The Republican primary...
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...
Six Figures, Still Struggling: Maryland Ranks Third in Nation for Eroding Middle-Class Purchasing Power
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A household earning $100,000 a year in Maryland is now classified as lower-middle class...
THE INVISIBLE WORKFORCE
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Every May 1st, labor gets its moment. Unions march. Politicians invoke the dignity of work....
Maryland Spent $450 Million. Churchill Downs Bought the Crown Jewel. Moore Wasn’t Invited.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This Saturday, as the 152nd Kentucky Derby runs at Churchill Downs, Democratic governors...
Maryland’s Officials Keep Jet-Setting Abroad. Where Are the Results?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland taxpayers have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars bankrolling international...