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...
Tag: Maryland redistricting
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...
Redistricting Case Not Over: Emergency Motion Filed as Circuit Courts Face Friday Deadline to Implement Supreme Court Order
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Full text of Thursday's order shows the Supreme Court remanded both cases rather than...
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...
Second Judge Strikes Down Redistricting Amendment, Citing Contradiction in Bill’s Own Preamble
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews CAMBRIDGE — A Dorchester County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that Maryland's proposed...
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...
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...
The First Lawsuit Went Dark. A Second One — Led by a Local GOP Official — Is Wide Open.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Republican lawsuit challenging Maryland's redistricting ballot question — filed late...
Is the Redistricting Lawsuit Just a Publicity Stunt? Here’s What the Record Actually Shows
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A common response to this week's lawsuit against Maryland's redistricting amendment is that...
Moore’s Two-Front Test: What the NGA Gavel Means for His Ambitions — and His Reelection
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore picked up a new title over the weekend, and it isn't on the Maryland ballot....
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...
REPUBLICAN DELEGATE SAYS OWN PARTY LACKS “COURAGE” TO BACK CITIZEN REDISTRICTING — AND CITES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY TO EXPLAIN WHY
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The day before Maryland's primary election, Carroll County Delegate Christopher Bouchat...
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...
Ferguson Reverses on Redistricting — After Spending a Year Blocking It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson spent the better part of a year standing in the way...
The Governor Who Can’t Afford to Be Honest
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Brandon Scott endorsed Bill Ferguson this week. That's not surprising — the two have...
POLL WARFARE: Two Rich Democrats Fight Over a District Nobody Asked Them to Represent
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Data Desk Welcome to Maryland's 6th Congressional District, where the mountains meet the...
Why Maryland’s Legislature Is So Dominated by Democrats
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland is often described as a deep-blue state, and in the General Assembly the numbers make that...
Delegate Eric Bouchat Will Not Seek Re-Election After Two Decades on Maryland Ballots
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews CARROLL COUNTY — After appearing on Maryland ballots for nearly 20 years, Delegate...
Filing Clock Ticking: Does the Deadline Cripple Gov. Moore’s Redistricting Push?
By MDBayNews Staff With just days remaining before Maryland’s candidate filing deadline on February 24, a late-stage...
Poll-Driven Redistricting? Maryland Democrats Play With the Map Again
By MDBayNews Staff A new article in Maryland The Daily Record reports that a poll of “likely Democratic voters” shows...
Maryland’s Redistricting Power Grab Is Playing With Fire
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Opinion Let’s stop pretending this is about fairness. Maryland Democrats are pushing a...
David Moon and the Politics of Power in Annapolis
By MDBayNews Editorial Desk Maryland House Majority Leader David Moon has long presented himself as a reformer—an...
Redistricting Gamble: How a Push to Flip MD-01 Could Put Other Democratic Seats at Risk
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Democrats’ effort to redraw congressional lines ahead of the 2026 election is increasingly...