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.
As the Maryland General Assembly attempts to find new ways to police itself – and all the people who work on the legislative campus…
Alec Ross, the contender who is running the most unconventional campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, has chosen a most unconventional running mate. Ross’…
Baltimore County state Sen. Katherine A. Klausmeier (D), a top Republican target this year, has opened up a 16-point lead over her likely GOP…
Dr. Peter Beilenson, the former Baltimore City health commissioner who has held a variety of high-profile roles in public health over the last quarter…
The rollout – in the form of a busted embargo late Wednesday night that certain media outlets and bloggers chose to ignore – was…
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today we celebrate love, romance, chocolates, champagne, flowers, Hallmark, etc. etc. And here at Maryland Matters we are celebrating…
By Josh Kurtz Happy Valentine’s Day! Today we celebrate love, romance, chocolates, champagne, flowers, Hallmark, etc. etc. And here at Maryland Matters we are…
For more than a decade, Rod Rosenstein was a highly regarded federal prosecutor who won countless courtroom victories against murderers, drug dealers, carjackers and…
State Sen. Edward J. Kasemeyer (D-Howard), the chairman of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee, told his colleagues Thursday that he does not plan…
By Josh Kurtz The first independent expenditure campaign of the Maryland gubernatorial election has registered with the State Board of Elections. Called Maryland Together…