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.
By Josh Kurtz The first independent expenditure campaign of the Maryland gubernatorial election has registered with the State Board of Elections. Called Maryland Together…
When environmental groups and their allies began pushing for new regulations that would require half of Maryland’s power to come from renewable sources by…
By Josh Kurtz Craig Wolf enlisted in the Army reserves at age 39, following the 9/11 terrorist strikes. He was trained to jump out…
Baltimore County Del. Dan K. Morhaim (D), who has passed a long list of health care legislation in his 24-year legislative career but was…
By Josh Kurtz In 2010, then-Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The election cycle turned out to…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan (R) continues to rack up approval numbers that any politician would envy. According to a national poll released Thursday morning…
As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, Americans are gearing up for the big game and all the clever ads, which companies pay a fortune to…
Several members of the Maryland congressional delegation issued statements Tuesday night about President Trump’s State of the Union address. Here are excerpts: Sen. Ben…
A leader of a prominent Washington, D.C., trade association is gearing up to run against state Attorney General Brian Frosh (D) in the fall….
Another generational battle is on tap for a Baltimore-area state Senate seat. Rob Johnson, an attorney and community activist, told Maryland Matters he will…