2010 Census

You've heard of rock operas, tango operas, crossover operas. Now, get ready for mariachi opera. Two musical traditions with wide followings will come together April 7 when Lyric Opera will present the Midwest premiere of “Cruzar la Cara de la...

Prescription turn-in event targets youth drug abuse To the editor: An alarming number of Washington County youth are intentionally abusing prescription medications to get high. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has labeled...

Lawyers for the state defended Maryland's new General Assembly districts Wednesday, telling Maryland's highest judges that while the map may not please everyone, it's legal and proper. "Somebody can always draw a better map. That's not the issue,"...

Alaska voters went to the polls Tuesday night to remake the state Legislature, selecting candidates in almost every seat of both the House and Senate. Many races this year are being held in response to redistricting under the 2010 U.S. Census,...

West Virginia voters re-elected Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday, even as they rejected President Obama’s bid for second term and considered a lengthy ballot that also features the governor’s race, a slew of legislative posts and...

LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA – To national Congress watchers, the Broward-Palm Beach County 22nd District race between Lois Frankel and Adam Hasner is one of the most important in the country. It’s not necessarily that high a priority for voters...

Alaskan voters will help choose America’s next president Tuesday, in an election with almost every state lawmaker’s seat on the ballot and the future leadership of the state Senate an open question. Tuesday’s ballot is headed by the...

For those too young to remember, first lady Nancy Reagan had an anti-drug message to Americans in the 1980s around the theme, “Just Say No!” Conservatives in Maryland could use this quip when entering the voting stalls on Nov. 6. It will be...

Should Nicholasville switch from a commission form of government to a mayor-council-ward form of government? Our answer is ‘No.’ In looking at the arguments presented, this newspaper has to say that the reasons the Nicholasville Council...

It's a critical campaign dominated by big bucks fundraising, talking points platitudes and scathing TV attack ads. It gives South Florida voters a big voice in deciding if Democrats or Republicans will control Congress for the next two years. And it...

Laura Kina, 39, is half Asian-American and half white. Her husband is Jewish, and her stepdaughter is half Hispanic. Her family, including her fair-skinned, blue-eyed biological daughter, lives near Devon Avenue in the heart of Chicago's Indian and...

Several recent editorials and commentaries criticize the new congressional districts. The opposition primarily focuses on the odd shapes of districts, without considering any of the other variables that come into play when drawing district lines. Simply...