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 first public poll on the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election finds lots of uncertainty ― unsurprisingly, at this early stage ― among Democratic and…
Maryland Senate Republicans will enter the 2021 General Assembly session with new leaders, the GOP caucus announced Tuesday night. In a statement, the caucus…
If there was one durable political relationship in Annapolis, it appeared to be between state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) and his longtime chief…
A former member of President Obama’s cabinet is launching an organization to promote bold solutions in Annapolis to problems brought on by the COVID-19…
The legislative fights over Maryland’s liquor laws can be arcane ― even when they become politically charged. But the idea of legalizing supermarket sales…
Although Election Day isn’t until Nov. 3, many Marylanders will be voting early or submitting their ballots by mail for the upcoming General Election….
Earlier this year, two Republican state senators answered President Trump’s call for nominees to a proposed “National Garden of American Heroes” by suggesting that…
Former vice president Joe Biden holds a 32-point lead over President Donald Trump in Maryland, a recent poll shows. Biden was the choice of…
Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski Jr. (D) on Thursday nominated Leonard J. Howie III to serve as the county’s director of Economic and…
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland wasted no time Wednesday publicly welcoming its newest member ― the first Black Republican woman to ever serve…