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.
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) officially kicked off his reelection bid before hundreds of cheering supporters at an Annapolis tavern Saturday. It was an…
Former Gov. Martin J. O’Malley (D) has finally weighed in, casting his lot with Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III. State Sen. Richard…
The poll sample size is relatively small, and the margin of error is relatively high. But there’s no mistaking the trend: Del. Cory V….
Angela D. Alsobrooks on Wednesday aimed a bullet(train) directly at the heart of her leading opponent in the Democratic primary for Prince George’s County…
Political celebrities are coming to Maryland in the days ahead, culminating with an appearance by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden at a Democratic unity…
For Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), it must have been close to heaven: 700 cheering business leaders jammed into a ballroom Tuesday afternoon,…
A Republican candidate for the House of Delegates in Carroll County is suing a political action committee controlled by House Republicans for defamation. …
A leading Maryland business group came out with its annual scorecard of the General Assembly Tuesday, and as usual, the legislators who are outliers…
The Maryland League of Conservation Voters has rolled out several endorsements of legislative candidates over the past few months. Now, with the primaries just three…
The 30th legislative district in Anne Arundel County isn’t the only place in Maryland where Democratic insiders and insurgents are skirmishing over turf, resources…