Josh Kurtz

Making Maryland Matters: As he prepares to step back for a break, founding editor Josh Kurtz looks back at how, and why, Maryland Matters came to be and continues to be important.

A divided Board of Public Works on Wednesday ended a bumpy, years-long process to find a concessions operator at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, awarding a lucrative 23-year contract to the incumbent concessionaire.

Gov. Wes Moore's promised bill to expand and modernize Maryland's efforts to protect the Chesapeake Bay got its first public airing Tuesday but left several stakeholders, including likely supporters, confounded by its complexity.

Beverly Byron, part of a powerful and durable Western Maryland Democratic family and one of only 11 women elected to represent Maryland in Congress, died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Frederick, surrounded by several members of her family. She was 92.

The head of the Nuclear Energy Institute got more than an hour Tuesday to boast to lawmakers about nuclear's potential, as state lawmakers wrestle with an energy shortage, spiking prices, clean energy goals and climate mandates.

Here's some news about Maryland Matters — and me: On Feb. 14, I'll be leaving this operation. The date is coincidental, but carries some resonance, as my three-decade love affair with Maryland politics and the people in this world enter a new phase.

Legislative leaders said Monday that they will introduce a package of bills designed to produce more energy in-state and lower consumers' utility bills.

The Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee on Saturday chose one of its own, Dylan Behler, as the recommended fill-in for a vacant seat in the House of Delegates.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-8th) finished 2024 with just under $5 million in his campaign account, far outstripping all other members of the state's congressional delegation, senators included, according to new campaign reports.

The Town of Bladensburg is dropping its attempt to annex a valuable piece of property owned by Prince George's County and promised to the neighboring Town of Cheverly.