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.
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! It’s been an exciting and pretty crazy year in the world of Maryland government and politics – and…
Baltimore County Executive-elect John A. “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr. (D) has hired the top staffer for state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr….
Major F. Riddick Jr. is returning to Prince George’s County government – at least temporarily. Riddick, who served as the county government’s chief administration…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) on Tuesday nominated Special Court of Appeals Judge Matthew J. Fader to become the court’s chief judge. Fader…
State Prosecutor Emmit C. Davitt announced Tuesday that the former campaign treasurer of the late Del. Joseph J. “Sonny” Minnick (D-Baltimore County) has been…
As they entered 2018, operatives for Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s reelection campaign were blessed to have a candidate with durable popularity, unrivaled political…
State Sen. Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince George’s), a progressive leader in Maryland and incoming chairman of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, has…
Maryland Matters‘ Editor Josh Kurtz will be joining Sheilah Kast for a discussion of congressional redistricting in Maryland on WYPR’s “On the Record” Monday…
Before the hordes of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates descend on Iowa and New Hampshire, the first out of the gate, Maryland Congressman John K….
Two companies that are players in the Maryland political world are undergoing some changes. The Hatcher Group, a leading communications and public affairs firm…