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.
A leading Annapolis lobbying firm has tapped a young veteran of Maryland politics to join its ranks. Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC announced Monday that…
The Maryland Catholic Conference on Sunday celebrated the news that Pope Francis plans to elevate Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to the College…
Maryland Democrats expressed outrage and alarm this week about an executive order issued quietly by President Donald Trump on Wednesday night that could change…
In 2012, when gambling interests were spending tens of millions of dollars to bring a massive casino to National Harbor and allow table games…
Baltimore City Council President Brandon M. Scott, the Democratic nominee for mayor, released a list Tuesday of the nine leaders of his transition team….
Jason F. Weintraub, who has spent the past eight years as a General Assembly staffer, including a stint as senior legislative counsel to Speaker of…
Imagine you’re a Republican candidate in a tight race for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ― maybe one of the quartet…
Baltimore City Council President Brandon M. Scott (D) this week released a month-old poll that was conducted for his mayoral campaign showing him with…
This should be a golden moment for Marilyn and Nick Mosby, Baltimore City’s very own power/glamour couple. Nick Mosby, a state delegate, is about…
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has launched a statewide multimedia campaign, “Fight the Flu,” to encourage Marylanders to get flu shots as soon…