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.
When House Health and Government Operations Chair Shane E. Pendergrass (D-Howard) announced last month that she planned to retire in 2022, it created a…
When the Maryland Public Service Commission in 2017 awarded leases to two offshore wind energy companies to erect turbines off the coast of Ocean…
Dereck E. Davis (D) was sworn in as Maryland’s 24th treasurer at high noon Friday, surrounded by family, friends, colleagues and some of the…
Just days after veteran state Senate Finance Chair Delores G. Kelley (D-Baltimore County) signaled her intention to retire, two of the three House incumbents…
The Bread and Roses Party, a socialist party that was officially recognized by the State of Maryland for the 2020 election cycle, has disbanded….
Former Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) came to Lawyers Mall, the plaza between his former workplace, the Maryland State House, and his former residence,…
As House and Senate negotiators move closer to agreeing on details of the climate legislation they hope will be approved in the 2022 General…
For the second day in a row, high-ranking members of the Biden administration came to Maryland on Tuesday to promote the administration’s “Build Back…
A month ago, I was preparing to write a column calling Heather Mizeur the Jaime Harrison of 2022. Harrison, you’ll recall, was the Democratic…
Del. Sid Saab (R) announced Monday night that he plans to seek a third term in the House of Delegates rather than run for…