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.
Now that the General Assembly’s redistricting commission has begun meeting, even as Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s redistricting commission continues to hold sessions,…
Three weeks after the agricultural leaders of the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a regional conservation…
Del. Kathleen M. Dumais (D-Montgomery), a senior lawmaker and vice chair of the powerful House Economic Matters Committee, has applied to become a judge…
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball (D), Montgomery County Executive Marc B. Elrich (D), Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski Jr. (D) and Anne Arundel…
David Nitkin, the former high-profile Baltimore Sun reporter and editor who went on to a varied career in politics, policy and advocacy, has launched…
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VoteVets PAC, a progressive political action committee led by military veterans that endorses fellow veterans or national security experts who are running for office…
Even before state Del. Michael E. Malone (R-Anne Arundel) prepares to step down to become a Circuit Court judge, lawyer Rachel Muñoz appears to…
A poll conducted recently for Maryland House Republican leaders suggests that the current issue and political environment favors the GOP — and could enable…
Wes Moore has picked up a major endorsement in the Democratic gubernatorial primary: Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) will announce Wednesday that…