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Reports on election night can be incomplete, misleading or inaccurate. So why the rush for results? We can’t stop news outlets from reporting the results that they have, but we can require that votes not be released until there is a reasonable certainty of the outcome.

Florida Republicans made a clean sweep of statewide offices for the first time since the 1800s, says Cal Thomas.

Jonah Goldberg: Florida is the Jaguar of vote-counting, and I'm not referring to the animal or the Jacksonville NFL franchise. I mean the car.

Donald Trump and his allies aren't disguising the fact they want Americans to believe there's rampant voter fraud without a shred of evidence backing their increasingly outrageous claims.

In the latest gun control debate, Donald Trump is once again playing fast and loose with the truth, says Jules Witcover.

Refusing to discuss gun control in wake of Florida shooting is another manifestation of evil behavior.

The sad lesson from Florida - environmental protection comes with a political price.

Florida is under a state of emergency as powerful Hurricane Irma's path became clearer Monday and chances of a tangle with the major tropical cyclone increased.

Minorities and the poor are the big losers in campaign to purge voter rolls.

While Gov. Larry Hogan did not endorse Donald J. Trump for president, he will be a guest at one of the president's golf resorts in Florida next week.

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Helen Delich Bentley, the former Maryland congresswoman who died last month at 92, left her largest bequests from an estate estimated at $2.4 million to a grandniece and a children's hospital.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of the victims of the Orlando, Fla., mass shooting.

Leonard Pitts Jr. takes on Florida's governor and his 'ignore it' policy toward climate change.

Instead of tax cuts, we should invest in our schools and failing infrastructure.

The Groveland Four were falsely accused of gang rape in 1949, and have been denied justice ever since, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

What do vagina, condom, gun and climate change have in common? They are on the GOP list of words not to say.

Most of us are not experts on climate science, but unlike the GOP, most of us have the good sense to listen to those who are.

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie gave a free-wheeling and confident speech last week that recalled to the right-wing faithful why they should be his corner, despite his Trafficgate woes and his grateful 2012 embrace of Mr. Obama during the Hurricane Sandy crisis, which came at the expense of Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016, will ride into the Democratic stronghold of Maryland next week as part of his mission to rustle up business for the Lone Star State.

Sherrilyn Ifill writes that 50 years after the seminal event of the civil rights era, the work is still unfinished

Despite claims to the contrary, meat-cleaver approach to budget cutting is hurting plenty of Marylanders

The first thing I saw when I pulled up to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando was a huge, professional-looking sign on the side of the building, signaling your welcome.

In about 100 days Affordable Care Act enrollment will kick in, with Maryland leading the way nationally

Leonard Pitts asks: Could it possibly be the case that the state of Florida is not executing people quickly enough?

Cal Thomas writes that the Florida governor's embrace of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion is a big disappointment.

Leonard Pitts says millions are disenfranchised through laws primarily affecting blacks

When a 91-year-old veteran is forced to prove he is a citizen, you know something is wrong

Trayvon Martin case has parallels with local Shomrim case

Amtrak passengers in Maryland are beneficiaries of Florida's decision to turn down more than $2 billion in federal high-speed rail funds, as officials redirected nearly $800 million into Northeast Corridor infrastructure.