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‘ first-ever Maryland history and politics trivia night in Annapolis on Tuesday was a smash success. More than 50 people turned out…
Maryland Matters, the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club Maryland chapter are co-sponsoring a gubernatorial candidate forum on environmental and public…
The Maryland Public Service Commission is expected to rule within a matter of days on a proposed $6.4 billion merger between WGL Holdings Inc….
This is almost a “dog bites man” situation, but is still worth noting: U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D) on Tuesday is endorsing Prince…
By Josh Kurtz The Maryland Public Service Commission is expected to rule within a matter of days on a proposed $6.4 billion merger between…
A long-simmering feud between state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) and state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) burst into open view…
Add U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) to the list of national progressive celebrities endorsing former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous to be governor…
By Josh Kurtz This is almost a “dog bites man” situation, but is still worth noting: U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D) on Tuesday…
The Maryland House delegation split Thursday on the $1.3 trillion spending package to keep the federal government open through Sept. 30. Just as the…
Did the Maryland Chamber of Commerce inadvertently and indirectly ‘dis a powerful state senator in an electronic newsletter last week? The newsletter features a…