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.
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.
Md. is not following the lead of Colorado and Maine, which have sought to keep the former president from appearing on the ballot due to his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Ex-senator’s donations to other campaign committees accelerated dramatically after she was appointed to her new post.
Some Democrats who were unable to buy tickets immediately wondered if someone had bought up all the seats in an effort to sway the straw poll results.
Maryland Department of the Environment gets its first assistant secretary for environmental justice.
Lam and Alsobrooks release 4th quarter fundraising stats, while a labor lawyer joins the fray in the 3rd congressional district.