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 transition hasn’t all been seamless, and it comes as reproductive rights across the U.S. are being threatened as never before.
Democratic leaders have said that passing aggressive climate legislation is among their top priorities of this year’s General Assembly session.
With Sachs’ election as attorney general in 1978, state politics entered a period of political reform.
One day before the General Assembly session starts, policymakers were scrambling to make news and score political points.
Del. Reid J. Novotny (R-Howard) announced Tuesday that he plans to challenge Sen. Katie Fry Hester (D).
The Maryland General Assembly gavels in for its regular 90-day session Wednesday, the third that will be shaped dramatically — procedurally and for policymaking…
The Gonzales poll indirectly carries good numbers for outgoing state Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz, Hogan’s choice to replace him.
Neuman, who served as Anne Arundel County executive in 2013 and 2014, becomes the first woman in a 10-candidate Democratic field.
EMILY’s List, the national fundraising powerhouse that backs Democratic pro-choice women, has endorsed two Maryland candidates.
The Humane Society becomes the latest advocacy group to grade lawmakers on their legislative session votes.