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.
Public Policy Partners, one of the “white hat” Annapolis public policy and lobbying firms whose clients include nonprofits, advocacy groups, associations and local governments,…
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) will have three judges and one attorney to consider for a looming vacancy on the state’s highest court….
Former Maryland attorney general Douglas F. Gansler (D) has a new campaign manager for his 2022 run for governor. On social media posts Thursday,…
Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) has made a few key hires in his office. Ferguson informed his colleagues of the new hires in…
The topline news carried a political, economic and cultural wallop: State, federal and local officials, along with corporate chieftains and union heavyweights, announced Tuesday…
The Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame has announced its newest round of honorees. Four business leaders will be inducted into the Hall of…
Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) on Monday announced new Senate leadership and committee assignments, largely a result of former Prince George’s Sen. Douglas…
Campaigns for the 2022 are heating up, including a number of contested primaries. Here are some notes from the campaign trail: Anne Arundel County…
At first glance, the idea of Michael Steele winning the Republican nomination for governor seems pretty absurd. The man, after all, has spent the…
Every year, the Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation — Maryland Free, and previously known as Maryland Business for Responsive Government — issues a report card…