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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.

Republicans have resigned from the Women’s Caucus of Maryland after a GOP delegate who was in line to become the next president was leap-frogged for the top job by a Democrat.

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) and legislators are working to address concerns that service station owners could pocket the benefits of a gas tax freeze in Maryland.

The leak of an email from a high-ranking state Democratic official and political donor led to her resignation Monday. It also spawned a deep…

Del. Kirill Reznik, a Montgomery County Democrat, was born in Kyiv and immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 4 years old.

DiPaula became the board’s leader in 2019, as the medical system was reeling from a series of self-dealing scandals.

The Democratic candidate for governor announced that it is making a six-figure ad buy that will air on network television beginning Wednesday.

Lawmakers amended a proposed elections cost-sharing agreement to ban election officials from asking courts to push back the upcoming primary election beyond July 12…

As the June 28 primaries get closer — unless they are pushed back, a distinct possibility — you can feel the tension rising among…

Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) met the press on Friday, offering his assessment on where the General Assembly session is at a little past the halfway point.

The proceedings lasted all of six minutes, and House Minority Leader Jason C. Buckel made the motion to dismiss his fellow Republican’s impeachment resolution.