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For the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate???s GOP majority leader. Fast-forward to the 2010 governor???s race, and at least five regional...

For the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate's GOP majority leader. Fast forward to the 2010 governor's race, and at least five regional...

Don't be surprised if Super Tuesday doesn't clear up who will be on the presidential ballot come November. The tightly contested battle for the White House in both parties could extend past Tuesday, an unprecedented scenario since Super Tuesday was...

Chicago was the center of the American political universe in the summer of 1932, playing host to the Democratic and Republican presidential nominating conventions. "For the next three weeks Chicago will be in the spotlight," the Tribune declared. "By...

Victor Schaffner is a senior editorial writer specializing in the environment, transportation, growth and development, and property-insurance issues. He joined the Editorial Board in 2006. Schaffner came to the Sentinel from Michigan, where he was...

Planning our monthlong, cross-country odyssey was a little like picking a name for our firstborn. Even before I had a family, it had been my dream to embark someday on an overland excursion across the United States with my wife and children. I thought...

High-priority cargo found ways around Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel yesterday, but knots in the East Coast's rail network will grow increasingly tight with each day that the major north-south artery remains closed, freight customers said. Bethlehem...