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.
It’s after Labor Day, and two more Democratic candidates for governor are formally joining the race this week: Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz gets…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Sunday endorsed former NAACP President Ben Jealous in the Maryland gubernatorial election. Jealous and Garcetti attended Columbia University…
A synagogue auditorium, where the temperature was alternately too hot or too cold, hardly seemed like the place to gauge whether a mini-revolution is…
As he touts his bipartisan credentials, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has signed a fundraising appeal for the Republican Governors Association that implores readers to…
By Josh Kurtz Former Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) turned up unannounced at a meet-and-greet event in Baltimore last week for Prince George’s County Executive…
When Vincent DeMarco, the uber-activist who has helped expand gun control and health care access in Maryland during his storied three-decade career, bicycled from…
State Del. Carlo Sanchez (D) is about to make it official: He’ll run for the District 47 state Senate seat in Prince George’s County…
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) plans to name the Intercounty Connector highway after former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) on Thursday, Ehrlich confirmed to Maryland Matters…
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has parted company with his short-tenured campaign manager, Ryan Reynolds. Multiple sources told Maryland Matters that Reynolds, who previously worked…
By Josh Kurtz Listen to a longtime Democratic activist and donor after sitting down recently with Jim Shea, the Baltimore attorney and civic activist…