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.
What’s “the most important science policy issue” in Maryland? You probably have a pretty good idea already, but we thought you’d be interested in…
Halloween just passed, so it’s fair to ask: Is state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) merely masquerading as a Democrat? Franchot’s third term as…
Following 24 hours of nearly universal outrage over the University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ announcement that the University of Maryland’s football coach…
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has cut a video in support of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Benjamin T. Jealous. In the 50-second video, released…
With echoes of the past, the crowd at a rally for Benjamin T. Jealous in Bethesda on Tuesday night held out hope that late…
The controversy over the University of Maryland’s decision to retain Athletic Director Damon Evans and football coach DJ Durkin following the death of a…
The Baltimore Sun editorial board, which has already taken sides in the gubernatorial election (favoring Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.) and the race…
Maryland Matters‘ Editor Josh Kurtz appeared Monday night on the incomparable Howard County-based podcast, “Elevate Maryland,” hosted by Candace Dodson Reed and Tom Coale….
It’s one thing when vulnerable Democratic state senators in conservative districts are using images of Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) in their campaign…
Membership has its privileges. On Monday, a national grass-roots progressive group called Run for Something issued a news release about Hillary Clinton endorsing 19…