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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Republican. (Maryland photograph)

Democrats push Larry Hogan to restore $68M in education funding

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

The General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) meets this week in Orlando, Florida.

W. SCOTT LAMB: Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) convenes annual General Assembly

By W. Scott Lamb

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, in his State of the State address in February, outlined plans for reforms to the state's legislative redistricting process. (AP Photo)

Larry Hogan’s rain tax repeal sunk by Democrats

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

EDITORIAL: Maryland Democrats pouting over tax cuts

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Larry Hogan warns Maryland to brace for budget cuts, reduced services

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Terry McAuliffe pushes for nonpartisan redistricting panel

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov.-elect Larry Hogan vowed to roll back proposed regulations that would limit phosphorus runoff from farms, siding with Eastern Shore farmers who rely on phosphorus-rich chicken manure for fertilizer. (Associated Press)

Larry Hogan vows fight against Martin O’Malley anti-farm regulations

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Associated Press)

Virginia board considers abortion clinic regulations

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov.-elect Larry Hogan said even he was surprised at the task he faces, including a $300 million deficit in the budget passed six months ago, (Associated Press)

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor-elect, promises ‘hope’ and bipartisanship

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Associated Press) **FILE**

KANG: Legitimacy and justice on the Korean peninsula

By Grace Kang

In this Oct. 20, 2014, file photo, Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Baltimore. Gov.-elect Hogan says he remains committed to pursuing tax relief in his first year as governor, despite a projected budget shortfall of more than a half a billion dollars. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor-elect, includes Democrats on transition team

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, ribbed the media on its coverage of the synod on family members last month at the Vatican, during Monday's Catholic bishops conference. (Associated Press)

U.S. bishops tweak synod coverage at conference

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe waves a letter from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services during a news conference at the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond, Va., Monday, March 24, 2014. McAuliffe is proposing a two-year pilot of an expanded Medicaid program, a suggestion he hopes will persuade Republicans to end an impasse over the state's budget. McAuliffe announced that the federal government said it would not penalize Virginia if it ran a two-year pilot program. House Republicans oppose Medicaid expansion. The federal government has promised to fund the bulk of the expansion. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown).

Governor, lawmakers announce Virginia budget cuts

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

SCHAEFER & KINGHAM: Congress should link foreign aid to U.N. General Assembly voting

By Brett Schaefer and Jay Kingham

U.N. Security Council meets on Ukraine, Monday March 3, 2014 at U.N. headquarters. Ukraine's mission to the United Nations claimed Monday that 16,000 Russian troops have been deployed in the strategic Crimea region, while Russia's U.N. ambassador told an emergency Security Council meeting that Ukraine's fugitive president requested them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

U.N. compensation costs soar by $1 billion

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Nancy Janda, left, and her new spouse Larisa Van Winkle, right, parade through the streets of downtown Pittsburgh after being one of 19 same-sex couples married by Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto in a marriage ceremony held in the Pittsburgh City Council chambers, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Presbyterian Church approves same-sex marriage

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Nearly 20 arrested at NC Legislature after ruling

By Katelyn Ferral - Associated Press

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe appears with lieutenant governor candidate state Sen. Ralph Northam (right) and attorney general candidate Sen. Mark Herring (left) at a breakfast campaign event in Richmond on Wednesday, a day after the party’s primary. (Associated Press)

OBENSHAIN: McAuliffe, Herring going rogue in Richmond

By Kate Obenshain

NC Republicans want 3 judges hearing more lawsuits

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms Clyde Cook Jr., center, takes two pizzas into activists holding a sit-in at Speaker of the House Thom Tillis' office at the North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in Raleigh, N.C. Activists Sandra Howerton, center, 71, of Wilson, and the Rev. William Barber II, right, try to enter the room but are turned away. (AP Photo/The News &amp; Observer, Corey Lowenstein)

14 arrested after sit-in at legislative building

By KATELYN FERRAL - Associated Press