Maryland Matters media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Maryland Matters one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 51 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Maryland Matters biased?
The rating organisations do not give Maryland Matters one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Maryland Matters left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Maryland Matters one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Maryland Matters reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Maryland Matters are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Maryland Matters has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Maryland Matters’s own report linked underneath.
Control of the US Senate is expected to hinge on a handful of closely contested races in the upcoming midterm elections. Key battles in states like Michigan and Texas are drawing particular attention as indicators of broader political trends.
Maryland Matters reported it asWhat Maryland Democrats plan to do with their new congressional power (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Maura Healey has won re-election as governor of Massachusetts, securing a second term. She defeated Republican challenger Michael Minogue. Healey previously served two terms as the state's attorney general.
Maryland Matters reported it asGov. Wes Moore projected to win reelection in rematch with Republican Dan Cox (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Democrat Ned Lamont has won reelection as Connecticut governor, defeating Republican Ryan Fazio. Lamont, a former cable entrepreneur, will begin his third term. Incumbent Wes Moore also won reelection in Maryland.
Maryland Matters reported it asGov. Wes Moore projected to win reelection in rematch with Republican Dan Cox (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Maryland Matters reported it asEarly voting sets midterms record nationally, breaking 2022 mark (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
Maryland Matters reported it asEarly voting sets midterms record nationally, breaking 2022 mark (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Justice Department has sent letters to election officials in all 50 states warning them of potential criminal prosecution for failing to preserve election records for 22 months. The letters, dated October 29, were signed by Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter.
Maryland Matters reported it asDOJ warns election officials of potential prosecution again, days before midterms (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to release information on noncitizen voting by Friday. The order comes as the Trump administration's election integrity initiatives face scrutiny in court, with Democrats and voting rights groups alleging federal interference.
Maryland Matters reported it asIn blizzard of lawsuits, Trump’s DOJ battles across the US over midterm elections (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. The suit claims the district's policies allow students to change their gender identity without parental knowledge or consent, violating federal law.
Maryland Matters reported it asAnne Arundel schools amended gender policy, DOJ still files a lawsuit (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
Maryland Matters reported it asEarly voting surges in midterm elections as millions cast their ballots (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Trump administration is on track to deport approximately 660,000 people in its past year, a 26% increase compared to the Biden administration's yearly average. Voluntary departures are at an all-time high, but most deported individuals have no criminal convictions.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump deportations near 1 million, but few are criminals, analysis finds (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox, who challenged her dismissal by President Donald Trump. The court's decision upholds a lower court's ruling that validated Trump's executive authority in the firing.
Maryland Matters reported it asUS Supreme Court allows gender-affirming care for trans people in federal prisons (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Control of 15 state legislative chambers is contested ahead of the November elections, according to a new analysis. Republicans are described as being on the defensive in the current midterm cycle.
Maryland Matters reported it asDemocrats could flip legislative chambers in some GOP-supermajority states (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The Justice Department has threatened California with legal action over concerns that noncitizens may have received mail ballots for upcoming midterm elections. The state has been given 48 hours to review voter rolls and segregate ballots of unverified individuals.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump’s DOJ demands California halt ballots to suspected noncitizens (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
A federal judge has ruled illegal the Trump administration's initiative to transfer sensitive voter data to the Department of Homeland Security. The decision, issued three weeks before Election Day, follows Justice Department actions pressuring states for this information.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It's mostly failed. (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Backlash against data centers has become a flashpoint in state and federal races, with candidates backtracking on previous support. Voters in at least three dozen communities will consider ballot measures to ban the facilities.
Maryland Matters reported it asData center backlash set to sway midterm elections (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Household water bills in the US have risen faster than inflation and income, according to a new analysis. The average annual cost for water reached $531 in 2025, a 62% increase from 2015.
Maryland Matters reported it asAmericans’ water bills are growing faster than groceries, overall inflation (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
The United States has recorded more than 4,080 confirmed measles cases this year, the highest number in decades. Pennsylvania accounts for over 25% of these cases, and New York has declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak.
Maryland Matters reported it asMeasles cases reach 4,080 for the year — the highest in decades (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Voters are taking concerns about affordability to the polls in the midterm elections. Some are specifically blaming former President Donald Trump's tariffs for increased expenses, according to reports.
Maryland Matters reported it asVoters in midterm elections identify a culprit for rising cost of living: Trump’s tariffs (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced the completion of automatic enrollment for all eligible children under 18 into "Trump Accounts." He stated the initiative aims to boost private ownership and counter socialist ideologies among young Americans.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump auto-enrolls 10s of millions in child investment accounts (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to vote by mail or in person on November 3, 2026. This marks a shift from his previous stance, where he repeatedly called mail-in voting a source of fraud.
Maryland Matters reported it asTrump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls (opens Maryland Matters in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- States NewsroomIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
- Official site
- marylandmatters.org
- Seen publishing on
- marylandmatters.org
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 51
- Reports listed
- 52
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
52 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 6 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Maryland Matters ran the story anyway.
Across the 51 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Maryland Matters’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 34 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 7 November 2026. Ratings pulled 10 October 2026.
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