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.
Maryland Matters‘ Bruce DePuyt was interviewed on WTOP Radio Thursday about the chaotic 38-candidate race for four at-large seats on the Montgomery County Council….
Republicans in the House of Delegates, aided by Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh (R), are continuing their campaign assault on a fellow Republican,…
“The party we claim to belong to’s the party we’re singing this song to.”— A member of the British Parliament, in Gilbert & Sullivan’s…
Chelsea E. Manning, the former soldier and well-known leaker of classified government documents, reported zero contributions from Maryland on the first campaign finance statement…
The Prince George’s County Education Association has taken sides in the race to replace County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D). The union announced…
Time is not the Democrats’ friend. Yes, there are still 6 ½ months until Election Day, but the latest poll from Goucher College suggests that…
So where does the Democratic gubernatorial contest stand, 64 days before the primary? The straw poll results from the weekend’s Western Maryland Democratic Summit say…
Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R-Md.) has joined 10 other House Republicans calling on U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to prosecute former Secretary of State…
When candidates for governor select their running mates, one of the things they hope is that their No. 2’s can lend some fundraising muscle…
Here’s a reminder that seven Democratic candidates for governor, along with Green Party nominee Ian Schlakman, will be participating in a forum on the…