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.
State Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D), a veteran Prince George’s County lawmaker who finished just out of the running in the intense, behind-the-scenes battle…
As he gears up for what is certain to be a tough reelection fight, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman (D) has turned to…
Days after the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) released its annual report card on the health of the Chesapeake Bay, some…
The acting director of the Maryland’s Opioid Operational Command Center will take over as executive director on a full-time basis, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan…
The words “blessed,” “thankful” and “grateful” are stenciled in red on the steps leading to the Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church in Bowie. And…
Former state Sen. Barbara A. Hoffman (D-Baltimore City), whose diminutive stature belied her status as a political trailblazer and legislative powerhouse, died Sunday after…
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the absence of large-scale political events in Maryland for a year and a half….
Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) has tapped Alex Butler, most recently a policy staffer at the Maryland Association of Counties, as his latest director…
Cailey Locklair, president of the Maryland Retailers Association and affiliated groups, celebrated her birthday Wednesday in a most unusual way: She filed to become…
Maryland civil rights leaders ratcheted up pressure on Ocean City officials Wednesday, threatening Maryland’s number one tourist town with legal action and an economic…