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.
Wherein your intrepid correspondent tries to hit three big political events taking place at the same time Wednesday night – and misses every speech….
Two likely Democratic candidates for governor – Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and state Sen. Rich Madaleno – have addressed friendly, home-based audiences…
By Josh Kurtz Dru Schmidt-Perkins, a powerhouse environmentalist who has been a fixture in Maryland policy and political debates for more than a quarter…
By Josh Kurtz As Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker (D) teased a friendly crowd of the county’s political, business, civic and nonprofit leaders…
By Josh Kurtz Fresh off the General Assembly session – and its 90-day ban on state officials raising money – Gov. Larry Hogan (R)…
By Josh Kurtz Today we feature reports on the fledgling gubernatorial campaign of Alec Ross, the beer task force organized by Comptroller Peter Franchot,…
Anne Arundel County Council Chairman John Grasso (R) tells Maryland Matters that he plans to challenge state Sen. Ed DeGrange (D), a top Republican…
By Josh Kurtz Former state Del. Heather Mizeur (D) must regret that the 2014 election cycle — when she ran a scrappy, progressive, low-budget…
A note to our readers from Maryland Matters co-founder Josh Kurtz: Like many of you, Maryland Matters is taking a break for a few days….
By Josh Kurtz It’s all over but the Monday morning quarterbacking — or perhaps more precisely, the Tuesday morning quarterbacking. The 90-day General Assembly…