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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.

Green banks can help promote and fund clean energy initiatives that might not otherwise get the capital and attention they need to launch.

If you were looking for a Democratic elected official or high-profile candidate Thursday night, chances are you would have found them at the Maryland…

The forum organizers let Jim Shalleck, a former prosecutor, deliver what would have been his 2-minute opening statement.

GOP leaders note that when President Trump was in office, Frosh frequently took advantage of the Maryland Defense Act of 2017, which authorized the attorney general to sue the federal government.

“Stand Up MD” is formed in wake of reports that Roe vs. Wade may fall.

Fresh off his victory Tuesday in the Pennsylvania Republican primary for governor, Trump-aligned state Sen. Doug Mastriano is coming to Maryland.

The report by a legislative personnel panel comes as Gov. Hogan’s former chief of staff prepares for pending federal and state corruption trials.

A poll commissioned by former Rep. Donna Edwards found that her attempt at a comeback is resonating with voters in the 4th congressional district. 

The Democratic race remains unpredictable, but the Moore campaign showed movement and clearly saw enough to like to want to circulate the poll publicly.

It’s a bureaucratic process, but it’s fused with optimism and imagination.