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Auditor candidates discuss election integrity, public confidence
EPHRATA — Three Republican candidates are running for the position of Grant County Auditor: incumbent Shannon Fals…
California virus deaths rocket higher as ICU space tightens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and the state’s hospital association are at odds over how best to create space for critically ill coronavirus patients at already strained med…
Kentucky governor proposes quick virus aid in budget plan
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear proposed an infusion of aid into Kentucky's coronavirus-battered economy on Thursday evening, announcing an ambitious budget plan that includes down-payments on his long-runn…
Tourism leads to less pessimistic tax forecast for Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Council on Revenues on Thursday offered a less pessimistic outlook for state tax revenue for the current fiscal year given the way the tourism industry has recovered under the state's COVID…
The day my 'second home,' the Capitol, was overtaken by mob
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from the Senate…
Trump condemns supporters who rioted at Capitol, concedes to Biden in new video
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump condemns supporters who rioted at Capitol, concedes to Biden in new video.
Hurt feelings, anger linger after Pence, Trump clash
WASHINGTON (AP) — They were never a natural fit, the straight-laced evangelical and the brash reality TV star. But for more than four years, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made their marriage …
'Great damage': Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Elec…
Kim vows to improve ties with outside world at party meeting
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed the need to drastically improve his nation’s ties with the outside world as he addressed a major political conference for the third day.
Text of Kentucky Gov. Beshear's State of Commonwealth speech
The prepared text of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth-Budget address, delivered Thursday evening to lawmakers.
The Latest: Capitol Police says officer dies after riots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
Republican lawmakers flex muscle in setting COVID policies
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Asserting their role in setting COVID-19 policies, Republican lawmakers advanced bills Thursday to put limits on the Democratic governor's ability to wield his emergency powers to impose restr…
Several state lawmakers joined, observed US Capitol turmoil
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia lawmaker who filmed himself and supporters of President Donald Trump storming into the U.S. Capitol is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation as federal prosecutors ste…
Sununu inaugurated amid virus, violence concerns
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic that has shaken New Hampshire to its core also offers a path to both individual and collective transformation, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Thursday as he official…
Pandemic's uneven impact highlight California budget issues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In his first year in office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a $21.5 billion surplus to spend. In his second year, he had to make up a $54.3 billion shortfall.
State GOP says election tarnished democracy, faces criticism
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce said Thursday that democracy has been tarnished by unanswered questions about the 2020 vote count. But he stopped just short of repeating Pres…