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.
Reproductive Freedom for All, the group formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced its endorsement of Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) in the race…
Governor, who pledged to appoint a state climate czar as he was campaigning in 2022, described the dual hiring as ‘a whole-of-government approach.’
The question is whether CASA’s new statement will satisfy all the critics who emerged after the initial controversy.
A major foundation has pulled funding from CASA, the Maryland-based immigrants’ rights organization under fire for its recent pro-Palestinian tweets, and Jewish lawmakers are…
A big development in an emerging congressional race that has yet to fully form.
Do the ambitions of Larry Hogan and Joe Manchin align?
Powerful immigrants’ rights group works to repair damage after its tweet on war in Gaza is called antisemitic.
Buckel passes on 6th District bid; spending on Democratic side likely to get a boost with April McLain Delaney in the race.
Rep. David Trone’s campaign for U.S. Senate got a potential boost from a major political force on Thursday: the state teachers union. Trone (D-6th)…
How does Danish company’s decision to abandon New Jersey impact its major project off the coast of Ocean City — and Maryland’s fledgling wind energy industry?