Founding editor
Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D-Md.) wasted no time filling the top slot in his Capitol Hill office. Brown announced Wednesday that Matthew Verghese,…
Maryland leaders on Wednesday approved a plan to allocate an additional $250 million for the Purple Line, a massive light rail project running east…
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) filled more positions on his executive team Tuesday, one week after taking office. Scott announced that J. Leslie…
On Monday, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) welcomed the state’s 10 Democratic presidential electors to the State House, and offered congratulations anew to…
State Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) is cranking up his campaign for governor. Franchot announced Tuesday that he has hired the Baltimore-based Tidemore Group…
The State House lobbying trade is being drastically altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that may not make it any less desirable or remunerative….
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has a new deputy secretary, Owen P. McEvoy. McEvoy had been the agency’s director of…
The Maryland Republican Party elected a new slate of officers at its semi-socially distanced semi-annual convention Saturday at the Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover….
The decision by leaders of the Maryland General Assembly not to hold a special legislative session this fall to address the myriad problems caused…
When friends and loved ones leave this Earth, you miss them in different ways and for different things. Keith Haller, a co-founder of Maryland…