WTF?! MARYLAND JUST TOLD DAYCARES TO KEEP THE CHANGE. ALL $66.5 MILLION OF IT.
The state's own internal audits found $66.5 million in overpayments to childcare providers between 2023 and 2025. Invoices never came in. Sign-in sheets were missing.
Money went out for kids who weren't even enrolled anymore.
So what did the state do? It let them keep it. Maryland's education department announced it would not pursue "broad recoupments," and it even planned to hand back money that providers had already repaid.
One provider told FOX45 exactly how it feels on the receiving end: "We do not have to pay it back. We did not earn it. We did not provide the service for it."
Maryland law says overpayments get collected. This program exploded from $132 million to $560 million in five years, and the people running it admit they never had the systems to track the money.
That's your money. If a regular family got overpaid by the state, they'd be chased for every last penny. Daycare providers just got a $66.5 million pass.
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The LIST now includes a MASCOT:
The Baltimore Orioles laid off the employee who was the Oriole Bird as part of a larger round of organizational job cuts.
In other words, the Orioles laid off their mascot.
UPDATED LIST of what has happened to Maryland residents in 2026 (followed by 2025).
2026:
-Orioles laid off their mascot amid cuts
-Guinness Open Gate Brewery closes
-Maryland has longest hospital ER wait times in nation, at 4:17 (FindEMR)
-Moody’s downgrades Baltimore City’s credit rating
-Baltimore ranked 2nd WORST real estate market in America by WalletHub
-Maryland’s first-in-nation digital advertising tax struck down by court
-Maryland lost the Triple Crown. The Preakness is no longer included in the Thoroughbred Championship Series.
-U.S. DOJ sues Maryland over recently passed policies that interfered with federal immigration laws
-CNBC ranks Maryland’s economy 2nd worst nationally
-S&P lowers Maryland’s outlook for existing debt from stable to negative
-WalletHub ranks Baltimore as 5th worst city in U.S. to raise a family
- Maryland reissues 400,000 mail-in primary ballots after errors reported
-Declining water quality at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor becomes “growing crisis“ (Blue Water Baltimore)
-USDA plans to relocate Agricultural Research Services out of Maryland (~1,000 jobs)
-Key Bridge builder contract cancelled. No new timeline given for rebuild
-Potomac River ranked nation’s “most endangered river” (American Rivers)
-2nd most expensive state to raise a child (lendingtree)
-Paint fee enacted/$2.25 up to 5 gallons
-Unemployment rate jumps to 4.3%
-$1.4 Billion budget defect
-Massive Sheraton Hotel closes in downtown Baltimore
-WalletHub names Maryland 2nd worst U.S. state to start a business in 2026
-Proposed U.S. Congressional map introduced to eliminate bipartisan state representation
-High School graduation rate falls 1.2% to 86.4%, despite massive funding spike
-12,127 residents lost to domestic migration (6th most in US, per Census)
-Maryland named 6th worst state for tax competitiveness (per: Tax Foundation)
2025:
-$3 Billion budget deficit
-$1.6 Billion tax/fee hike
-Moody’s credit downgrade
-vehicle emissions/registration fee spike
-state hiring freeze/job cuts
-soaring utility prices (highest in America according to Doxo)
-New 3.5% excise tax on rental cars
-Vehicle title fee doubled to $200
-Lost IonQ’s quantum computing hub
-Lost FBI headquarters
-Lost Washington Commanders
-Six Flags America closed
-New 3% IT tax
-Vending machine tax 6%
-Vehicle excise tax up to 6.5%
-$5 tire purchase fee
-Sports betting tax hike (15% to 20%)
-Cannabis tax increase (9% to 12%)
-Car title fee increase ($100 to $200)
-3.5% car rental tax
-Fishing license increase ($25.50 to $52)
-Boating and Title Registration Fee ($24 to $70)
-Speed Camera Ticket increases
-Historic car registration changed from 20 years to model year 1999 or older
-Public school enrollment falls 11,322 students (1.3%)
Hey Maryland - LOOK at this...
Here are the baseline vehicle title fees for Maryland and surrounding states. What do you notice?
WV: $15
VA: $15
DE: $35
PA: $72
MD: $200
Maryland's vehicle title fee DOUBLED in 2025. Is this what "affordability" looks like?
The LIST now includes The Triple Crown, which it appears Maryland has lost.
The Preakness Stakes is no longer included in the Thoroughbred Championship Series. The Triple Crown, as we knew it, is gone. Horse racing’s premier events NO LONGER include Baltimore/Maryland.
UPDATED LIST of what has happened to Maryland residents in 2026 (followed by 2025).
2026:
-Maryland lost the Triple Crown. The Preakness is no longer included in the Thoroughbred Championship Series.
-U.S. DOJ sues Maryland over recently passed policies that interfered with federal immigration laws
-CNBC ranks Maryland’s economy 2nd worst nationally
-S&P lowers Maryland’s outlook for existing debt from stable to negative
-WalletHub ranks Baltimore as 5th worst city in U.S. to raise a family
- Maryland reissues 400,000 mail-in primary ballots after errors reported
-Declining water quality at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor becomes “growing crisis“ (Blue Water Baltimore)
-USDA plans to relocate Agricultural Research Services out of Maryland (~1,000 jobs)
-Key Bridge builder contract cancelled. No new timeline given for rebuild
-Potomac River ranked nation’s “most endangered river” (American Rivers)
-2nd most expensive state to raise a child (lendingtree)
-Paint fee enacted/$2.25 up to 5 gallons
-Unemployment rate jumps to 4.3%
-$1.4 Billion budget defect
-Massive Sheraton Hotel closes in downtown Baltimore
-WalletHub names Maryland 2nd worst U.S. state to start a business in 2026
-Proposed U.S. Congressional map introduced to eliminate bipartisan state representation
-High School graduation rate falls 1.2% to 86.4%, despite massive funding spike
-12,127 residents lost to domestic migration (6th most in US, per Census)
-Maryland named 6th worst state for tax competitiveness (per: Tax Foundation)
2025:
-$3 Billion budget deficit
-$1.6 Billion tax/fee hike
-Moody’s credit downgrade
-vehicle emissions/registration fee spike
-state hiring freeze/job cuts
-soaring utility prices (highest in America according to Doxo)
-Lost IonQ’s quantum computing hub
-Lost FBI headquarters
-Lost Washington Commanders
-Six Flags America closed
-New 3% IT tax
-Vending machine tax 6%
-Vehicle excise tax up to 6.5%
-$5 tire purchase fee
-Sports betting tax hike (15% to 20%)
-Cannabis tax increase (9% to 12%)
-Car title fee increase ($100 to $200)
-3.5% car rental tax
-Fishing license increase ($25.50 to $52)
-Boating and Title Registration Fee ($24 to $70)
-Speed Camera Ticket increases
-Historic car registration changed from 20 years to model year 1999 or older
-Public school enrollment falls 11,322 students (1.3%)
BREAKING: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirms the driver of the bus that crashed into a line of cars in Virginia, kiIIing 5 and injuring 34, is a Chinese national who became a U.S. citizen and DOESN’T SPEAK ENGLISH.
He got his CDL from Democrat Kathy Hochul’s New York.
BREAKING: Former NJ mayoral candidate Henrilynn Ibezim (D) pleaded guilty to forging nearly 1,000 voter registration applications
The thing that never happens happened again!
🚨WHAT THE HELL?!!
Police are confirming that HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS were STOLEN from Nascar legend and Hurricane Helene hero, Greg Biffle's bank accounts in the days after he and his family perished in a plane crash.
At 2AM, the day AFTER the crash, Greg Biffle was sent an email stating, "I heard you de*d, rest in hell..."
The VERY SAME DAY, bank accounts associated with Greg Biffle and his wife were CHANGED and including all emails, passwords, and phone numbers.
Even his Greg Biffle's wife's VENMO ACCOUNT was hacked.
Fraudulent checks were ALSO cashed out during this time period, plundering his bank account.
Then, days later, what appears to be a woman with intimate knowledge of all security cameras BROKE INTO BIFFLE'S HOME, and stole $30,000 in cash, guns, and jewelry.
Police now believe that MULTIPLE people were involved with trying to steal EVEN MORE money from Greg Biffle after he, his wife, and his kids tragically passed away in a plane crash.
WHO THE HELL WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?!!!!!!
HOLY CR*P 🚨 This brewery called Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin upset that Donald Trump didn’t get assassinated tonight is owned by Kirk Bangstad
Kirk Bangstad is a Democrat who ran for Wisconsin State Assembly
He founded a Democrat Super PAC that raised millions to support Democratic politicians, judges and liberal causes
He sued to keep Trump off Wisconsin ballots.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Ilhan Omar LOST IT on a @RealLindellTV reporter for asking about her MASSIVE net worth change
“I think you’re STUPID for asking me ANYTHING,” Omar said to @alisonintheknow
“I don’t have to tell you JACK SHlT!”
Ilhan is LASHING OUT because she KNOWS she’s guilty!
HSI AND IRS MUST GET INVOLVED!
BREAKING: Gavin Newsom’s PAC used $1.5 million to buy 67,000 copies of HIS OWN BOOK. Total book sales were around 97,400. His PAC’s purchase accounts for about two-thirds of all sold copies
🚨 NOW: Calls for the death penalty are ERUPTING nationwide after DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin confirms migrant Olaolukitan Adon Abel KlLLED DHS employee Lauren Bullis...
...and the man was naturalized under Biden.
OUTRAGEOUS.
MULLIN: "He possesses a prior criminal record that includes convictions for s*xual battery, battery against a police officer, obstruction, and assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and now stands accused of m*rdering DHS employee Lauren Bullis by shooting and stabbing her while she walked her dog."
"He has also been arrested for the m*rder of an unidentified woman whom he reportedly shot outside a Checkers, before randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven."
"These acts of pure evil have devastated our Department and my prayers are with the families of the victims."
🚨HOLY CRAP!!!
It has been revealed that the woman who randomly st*bbed a PREGNANT woman in the parking lot of a grocery store in Charlotte NC...
...IS A REPEAT OFFENDER WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ARRESTED A MIND-BLOWING 23 TIMES WITH OVER 70+ CHARGES!!!!!
WHAT?!!!!!