Wes Moore Isn’t Running Against Dan Cox. He’s Running for Something Bigger.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Dan Cox raised $126,292 over the last two months. Wes Moore raised $1.45 million, then...
Tag: Maryland General Assembly
Betting-Industry Money Has Spent $435,000 Against a Moderate Republican With No Known Gambling Position. Why?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews American Future's biggest general-election target in Maryland is a Republican state Senate...
Win for America Discloses $80.65 Million in Sportsbook Funding as a Recipient PAC Spends $3.67 Million on Maryland Races
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Win for America, the political group financed by the online sportsbook industry, registered...
Maryland’s Sports Betting Haul Hit $132 Million. The New Fiscal Year Is Starting Slower.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's sportsbooks sent $132.3 million to the state in fiscal year 2026, a 48.8 percent...
Rutledge Says Maryland’s Attorney General Should Back Police and Stop Suing Washington Over Policy
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Jim Rutledge, the Republican nominee for attorney general, says the office should spend...
Bouchat Calls Question 3 an “Arrogant” Attack on Citizen Sovereignty, and Says His Own Party Is Part of the Problem
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat, R-Carroll and Frederick, is not a delegate who stays quiet...
Maryland Scored 13% on “Parental Rights.” Here’s What the Score Leaves Out.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Oct. 1, the advocacy group Defending Education released its first Rankings on Integrity...
Rutledge Backs Notice and a Hearing for Officers Before They Land on “Do Not Call” Lists
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BEL AIR, Md. — Jim Rutledge, the Republican nominee for Maryland attorney general, said...
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...
Two Other Questions on Maryland’s Ballot: What Questions 1 and 2 Would Do
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Election 2026 | Analysis Maryland voters will decide three statewide constitutional...
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...
Maryland on the Map: What Officials Finally Admitted to the General Assembly
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In a single House Appropriations Committee briefing on September 16, Maryland officials...
Moore Orders Data Center Review and a Public Dashboard, but No Pause and No Repeal Yet
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Wednesday that sets one review process for large...
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...
Question 3: What Maryland’s Redistricting Amendment Actually Does, and Why It Deserves a No
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore spent Thursday in Washington predicting Marylanders will vote overwhelmingly...
GOP Delegate Nominee: Maryland’s Watchdogs Keep Getting Blocked by the Governments They’re Supposed to Police
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Two Maryland governments got caught this year restricting the very people whose job is to...
Why Maryland Counties Can’t Create New Taxes on Their Own
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The county leaders who testified at Monday's revenue task force hearing were asking the...
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...
Three Bills to Require 9/11 Education in Maryland Schools Have Died. None Has Been Reintroduced.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, Maryland has no law on the...
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 Republicans Went Quiet on the One Day They Should Have Been Loudest, With a Few Notable Exceptions
Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | OPINION Labor Day is supposed to be an easy layup for any candidate running on...
The Rideshare Language Fight Has a Federal Bill Behind It. In Maryland, the Machines That Could Sidestep the Whole Argument Are Stuck in Committee.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Complaints about rideshare drivers who can't communicate in English aren't just a social...
Energy Bill Fight Turns to Who Qualifies for Maryland’s New Utility Aid Program
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews MDBayNews first covered the Utility RELIEF Act's rollout on March 13, when Gov. Wes Moore...
ICE Detainer and a Delegate Feud Add a New Chapter to the I-270 Crash Story
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This is a follow-up to MDBayNews's Aug. 30 report, "Montgomery County Disbanded Its DUI...
Supreme Court Rules Redistricting Question Stays on Ballot, Orders Ballot Language Rewritten
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Supreme Court of Maryland ruled Thursday evening that voters will get to...
Maryland Supreme Court Hears Redistricting Arguments, No Ruling Yet as Ballot Printing Deadline Arrives
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Supreme Court of Maryland heard oral arguments Thursday morning in the...
The Delegate Whose Own Business Fled the Tax Won’t Be Around to Revisit It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews LEONARDTOWN — This week's news that Maryland's IT services tax collected 77% less than...
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’s ERs Are Still the Slowest in the Country. Half Its Hospitals Have Quietly Gotten Faster Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland patients have waited longer in hospital emergency rooms than...
Moore Proclaims Child Support Awareness Month. The Enforcement Gap It Ignores Gets No Mention.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller have proclaimed August 2026 National Child Support...
District 17 Preview: Kagan Seeks a Fourth Term as a Familiar Face Returns on the Republican Line
Montgomery County's District 17 is not where Maryland Republicans expect to win in November, but it is where one of them is...
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...
Judge Strikes Down Redistricting Ballot Question, Stays Ruling Pending Supreme Court Appeal
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday that Maryland...
While the WNBA Fights Over Sophie Cunningham, Maryland Quietly Stays the Course
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has spent the back half of the WNBA season as the...
Who Actually Paid for the New M&T Bank Stadium
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Ravens unveiled the finished version of their stadium this month. Three years of...
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...
District 7’s GOP delegation heads into November unchallenged in the general — but not without a live lawsuit hanging over one member
By MDBayNews Staff Legislative District 7, spanning northern Baltimore County and part of Harford County, is safe...
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...