Primaries

A leading group behind the push for mandatory paid sick time in Orange County is starting an online petition to urge Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would block local governments from adopting such measures. Organize Now started the petition over...

Justin Fairfax, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general, had a big win the Chesapeake Democratic Committee straw poll Saturday garnering 84 percent of the vote to his opponent Sen Mark Herring's 16 percent. Fairfax, a former...

Former Osceola Clerk of Courts Malcom Thompson was cleared late Friday by the state Ethics Commission of abusing his position last year. The decision followed Thompson's exoneration in March by a state administrative-law judge who ruled Thompson did...

In December 1977, my parents moved our family to Bremen, not realizing that our new home was directly across a field from the governor's home. Of course it seems like we learned this within minutes, even before we were unpacked. As a junior in high...

The alliance between Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and the Department of Water and Power workforce strengthened Wednesday as a committee run by leaders of the utility's main union launched TV advertising to buttress her candidacy just as...

We are now a year from the June 3, 2014, primary elections in South Dakota. That is significant because South Dakota voters will choose a new U.S. senator next year.   So far voters don’t have a choice. The only declared candidate is Republican...

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett would get trounced by any one of three Democrats if the gubernatorial election were to be held today, in part because he would lose the independent and female vote by large margins, according to the latest Quinnipiac University...

SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies. But now it's his actions as a private citizen that are making him — and Facebook Inc. — a target of environmentalists and progressive...

Marilyn J. Mosby, a former Baltimore assistant state's attorney and the wife of City Councilman Nick Mosby, told The Sun that she plans to run for Baltimore state's attorney next year. Mosby's confirmation of her intention to run in 2014 came as she...

The candidates for Bethlehem mayor danced close to each other on the issues, but swayed far apart on style. In their debate Thursday, Robert Donchez and J. William Reynolds parried barbs and accusations, then often agreed with each other on matters of...

The thing that's most clear is someone didn't pay the gas bill. Venus Mora came home April 4 to find her gas had been shut off and a notice that she owed UGI $2,500 hanging from the door knob. Mora said that's when she learned that her former attorney,...

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett would get trounced by any one of three Democrats if the gubernatorial election were held today, in part because he would lose the independent and female vote by large margins, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll....