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.
Other than my mom, who left this Earth a decade ago, the deceased person I’ve probably missed the most over the past five years…
Charly Carter, who has worked in key roles for several progressive groups in Maryland, will take over as executive director of the Democracy Initiative,…
Marylanders across all congressional districts strongly support the Biden Administration’s American Jobs Act and the investments it would make in climate, clean energy, good-paying…
Michael Rosenbaum, the Baltimore tech entrepreneur who launched his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination this week, has hired Travis Tazelaar, a veteran Maryland…
The governors of the six Chesapeake Bay states, along with the mayor of Washington, D.C., and the head of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, have…
A public health professional and scientist who until recently worked on Capitol Hill is taking aim at state Sen. Benjamin F. Kramer (D-Montgomery). Zachary…
As women’s groups push to increase their representation on the Montgomery County Council, where only one of nine members is currently female, two women…
Michael Rosenbaum, a Baltimore tech entrepreneur who has been active in the city’s civic and philanthropic scene for the past two decades, is entering…
The back-to-back announcements last week by Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski Jr. and U.S. Rep. David J. Trone that they’ll seek re-election in…
Two-term state Del. Patrick G. Young Jr. (D-Baltimore County) announced Saturday that he plans to seek a seat on the Baltimore County Council in…