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...
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SB 683 Puts Farmland First as Maryland Pushes Solar Expansion
By MDBayNews Staff As Maryland continues its aggressive push toward renewable energy, a growing backlash has emerged from...
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...
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...
FEMA’s Western Maryland Denial: Bureaucracy, Not Bad Faith, Is the Real Disaster
By Michael Phillips When catastrophic floods slammed into Allegany and Garrett Counties this May, Western Marylanders...
Power Grab in the Piedmont: How Wes Moore Is Letting Out-of-State Interests Bulldoze Maryland Property Rights
By Michael Phillips As hundreds of Maryland families brace for the bulldozers of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG),...
Andy Ellis Isn’t Just Running—He’s Rewriting the Rules: Meet the Green Party’s Candidate for Maryland Governor
Maryland political disrupter and super-Orioles fan By Michael Phillips In a state dominated by one-party rule, Andy Ellis...
Dragging Feet or Leading Wisely? Why Moore and Brown Are Right to Pause on “Clean Cars” Lawsuit
By Michael Phillips On July 3, Maryland Matters published a piece bemoaning what it called the “inaction” of Governor...
Wes Moore’s Crafty Economics: New Development Plan Pours Money into Booze, Not Business Basics
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Wes Moore is once again making headlines—not for addressing Maryland’s crushing tax burden...
Shuttered Sound: How County Bureaucracy Crushed a Cultural Beacon in Rural Maryland
Just when we need more creativity, more connection, and more community—government overreach strikes again. The Garage, a...
Sacrifice Zones: How Rural Maryland Was Marked for Corporate Expansion and Didn’t Even Know It
By Michael PhillipsPart of The New Land Wars series You may not have heard the term sacrifice zone.But if you live in rural...
The Untold Truth About Maryland’s DNR: Millions Spent, Little Accountability, and the Silencing of Rural Voices
While the Baltimore Sun sings the praises of Maryland’s environmental bureaucracy, there’s a murkier story left...