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.
April McClain Delaney’s year-end report shows just one identifiable contribution from within the 6th District.
Almost half of Maryland voters said climate change has directly impacted them.
A new and uncertain element was introduced into the primary dynamic in January, when Harry Dunn, a hero cop at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, entered the race.
Congressman spends $13.7 million in last three months of 2023, while Alsobrooks spends $760,000. Campaign poll shows him with an 11-point primary lead.
A Maryland judge who is the daughter of the late Secretary of State Madeline Albright is set to join the state’s Commission on Judicial Disabilities.
Del. Harry Bhandari (D-Baltimore County) also files candidacy papers to join the 2nd District race.
A bonus for those who read all the way through: Cecil County fundraising numbers at the end.
Gov. Moore’s office says he is ‘disappointed’ by the news of Orsted’s decision but is determined to build the state’s offshore wind industry.
Moore administration officials tout $90 million being set aside for climate investments. But that isn’t “new” money.
What’s unclear at this stage of the election cycle is what kind of resources the PAC End Citizens United // Let American Vote will devote to the county executive’s campaign.