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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.

By Josh Kurtz As lawmakers in Annapolis ponder legislation that would expand the state’s fetal homicide law, a poll conducted for the Maryland Catholic…

When state Sen. Victor Ramirez (D) decided to run for Prince George’s County state’s attorney rather than seek a third term, it was initially…

One of the giants of Montgomery County politics has started flexing its muscles ahead of the June 26 primary. The Montgomery County Education Association,…

One of the giants of Montgomery County politics has started flexing its muscles ahead of the June 26 primary. The Montgomery County Education Association,…

Maryland and Texas have almost nothing in common. And yet Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primaries in the Lone Star State – which included the first congressional…

Significant amendments are likely to be introduced in the next several days to legislation designed to police allegations of sexual harassment in and around…

Summing up the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor recently – most of whom have been on the job for only a couple of weeks…

With the state Senate set for a preliminary vote on a bill Tuesday that would eliminate a “gag rule” on pharmacists telling consumers they…

By Josh Kurtz Significant amendments are likely to be introduced in the next several days to legislation designed to police allegations of sexual harassment…

Funeral arrangements were announced Monday for Maryland Sen. H. Wayne Norman Jr. (R), who died suddenly Sunday at his Bel Air home. Visitation is…