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.
The offshore wind developer called the federal government’s announcement of an environmental review ‘a significant milestone.’
When I first heard that Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando (D) was writing an autobiography, with the title “My Seven Black Fathers,” the cynic…
When the top Democrats running for governor gather in a TV studio on Monday — for what will most likely be the most watched…
A mystery entity is running a TV ad boosting Democrat Tom Perez for governor.
‘I love Leisure World because you understand that democracy is not a spectator sport,’ one of the Democratic candidates for governor said.
Another top adviser to Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is moving on as the administration winds down.
Dr. Kandis Boyd will be the first person of color to hold a leadership position on government Chesapeake Bay policy.
A House committee probes safety challenges at the region’s biggest transit agency.
Maryland’s largest state employee union has endorsed Rep. Anthony Brown (D) for attorney general.
Primaries for the Maryland House of Delegates, even if they seem clear-cut at first glance, usually have an air of uncertainty to them.