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.
Overshadowed by all the internal drama and debate this legislative session over sexual harassment in the Maryland State House – and how to police…
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…
Here are several statements from Maryland political leaders following the sudden death early Thursday of Baltimore County Executive Kevin B. Kamenetz (D). A funeral will…
Kevin B. Kamenetz, the 11th Baltimore County executive and a leading candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in next month’s primary, died suddenly early…
One of the unions that made a splash by holding a rally opposing Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller (D-Calvert) on the last day…
Two prominent advocacy groups in Maryland have new leaders. Maryland Working Families, the progressive organization backed by organized labor and connected to the national Working…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) will be at the Washington Nationals game with the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday afternoon – raising money. Hogan will be…
A roomful of 250 Montgomery County business leaders and their allies. A provocative new report with dire warnings about the county’s future from Gov. Lawrence…