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.
Money isn’t everything in politics, but there appears to be a significant separation between the leading contenders in the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th…
What better way to celebrate Josh Kurtz’s birthday than to support Maryland Matters! We are so grateful to everyone who joined us in honoring Josh,…
Former Gov. Martin J. O’Malley (D) is lending a hand to Howard County Councilman Calvin B. Ball III (D), who is seeking to oust…
Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks holds a 10-point lead over former U.S. Rep. Donna F. Edwards in the Democratic primary for…
New Jersey Sen. Cory A. Booker (D), who has already endorsed former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous in the Maryland gubernatorial election, will be…
So here we are, with the final legislative session of the four-year term now in the books. Historically, election-year sessions aren’t particularly busy, but…
Happy Sine Die! Even though a lot of the most heavily debated legislation has already been taken care of, there are still a few…
The Maryland Association of Counties installed its new board of directors last week at the organization’s annual winter meeting in Cambridge. Gov. Lawrence J….
The conventional wisdom suggests that the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 6th congressional district is a three-way race between state Sen. Roger Manno, Del. Aruna…
The Maryland Catholic Conference has turned to one of its own in its search for a new leader. The conference announced Wednesday that Jennifer…