Jawando vs. Wells: What Montgomery County’s Executive Race Looks Like Heading Into November
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For the first time in eight years, Montgomery County voters will pick a new chief executive...
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OPINION: A Grieving County Deserves More Than Condolences From a Candidate Who Wants to Run It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews William Vance Payne II never made it to work Tuesday. The 58-year-old mechanical engineer,...
A Council Answering to 5 Percent Just Ended a 34-Year Relationship With Israel
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County has quietly ended its funding relationship with the Maryland Israel...
A Government Chosen By 5 Percent Is Taxing The Other 95
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County's property tax bills have been landing in mailboxes for two weeks, and...
A County of a Million, Decided by 52,738 Votes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County — home to more than one million residents, the largest county budget in...
Calling It Racist Doesn’t Make It Wrong
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A political ad depicting Will Jawando reaching into a cookie jar labeled "Taxpayers'...
Who Governs Maryland?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Every year, for 90 days, Maryland's General Assembly convenes, passes several...
Before the Endorsement: Jawando’s Senate Committee Gave $115,000 to Working Families Party PAC
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note: After publication, MDBayNews became aware that Montgomery Perspective...
Jawando Taps Public Financing — and a Parallel Big-Money Committee
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note, April 8, 2026: This article has been updated to reflect federal campaign...
Montgomery County’s 2026 Executive Race: Filing Deadline Shake-Up and a Complete Primary Overview
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County’s 2026 County Executive race is now officially set — at least for the June...
Montgomery Council’s “Anti-Algorithmic Price Fixing Act” Targets Rent-Setting Software
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando has introduced what he calls the “Anti-Algorithmic Price...
Wootton High School Shooting Raises Hard Questions About School Safety—and Calls to Remove Police
By MDBayNews Staff A shooting inside Thomas S. Wootton High School on Tuesday afternoon left one student wounded and sent...
Montgomery County’s 2026 Executive Race: A One-Party Primary With Big Stakes
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County is heading into a consequential transition in 2026 — not because of a dramatic...
Montgomery County’s New ICE Restrictions Spark Backlash Over Policy Inconsistency
By MDBayNews Staff Montgomery County leaders are once again at the center of a national immigration debate—this time over...
Rockville’s “Wild Wild West”: Veterans Betrayed, Vouchers Misused, and Montgomery County’s Culture of Corruption
When a decorated former member of the Army JAG Corps, Lydia D. York, blows the whistle on corruption in her own backyard,...
Montgomery County Executive Race: Over/Under Odds for 2026’s Dysfunction DerbyBy Political Party Animals | June 2025 Edition
By Michael Phillips As the race to replace outgoing Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich begins to resemble a political...
Battle for the Throne of Dysfunction: Montgomery County Executive Race Kicks Off with a Stampede of Self-Appointed Saviors
By Michael Phillips It’s official: the race to replace outgoing Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has begun—and...
The Illusion of Choice: Montgomery County’s Next Executive Race Is Already a Liberal Parade
Satire, sarcasm, and cold hard truth for those tired of the same old Maryland masquerade. Get ready, Montgomery County....