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.
Steven R. Schuh (R) was elected Anne Arundel County executive in 2014 following a period of great political upheaval in the diverse and politically…
A federal judge has sentenced former state Del. William A. Campos (D-Prince George’s) to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised…
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Five of the six leading Democratic candidates for governor have, as of Tuesday night, committed to supporting the so-called health insurance down payment if…
The giant sucking sound you heard over Montgomery County this weekend, along with the thunder and lashing rain, was the possible implosion of four…
Maryland’s stunned political class was busy Thursday publicly mourning the sudden death of Baltimore County Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz (D), who died overnight from…