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.
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…
The presiding officers of the General Assembly are looking ahead to the upcoming session ― now just five weeks away ― with a mixture…
Baltimore Mayor-elect Brandon M. Scott (D), who is taking office at noon on Tuesday, announced the names of his two top aides on Monday….
Kimberly Klacik, the Maryland Republican congressional candidate who won nationwide attention with her provocative campaign videos and endorsement from President Trump, raised almost $8.3…
Baltimore Mayor-elect Brandon M. Scott (D) released a statement Thursday evening saying he was exposed to someone with COVID-19 on Saturday and is quarantining…
Newly-installed Senate Minority Leader Bryan W. Simonaire (R-Anne Arundel) and Senate Minority Whip Michael J. Hough (R-Frederick) announced GOP caucus leadership positions Thursday for…
In his latest fundraising email, state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) raised the specter of an unnamed deep-pocketed Democratic primary opponent to appeal for…
It’s sometimes said in politics that if you go far enough left on the political spectrum or far enough right on the political spectrum,…
Columbia, the venerated planned suburb in Howard County, was rated the safest city in the U.S. in a recent study ― for the third…