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Updated 1 week, 3 days ago

Soap Lake looking to seat salary commission

SOAP LAKE — The City of Soap Lake is seeking residents to serve on its newly reactivated Salary Commission, a citi…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
San Francisco DA under fire after pedestrians killed

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chesa Boudin took office as district attorney in San Francisco a year ago, part of a politically progressive wave of prosecutors committed to seeking restorative justice over mass incarceration…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Trump administration announces $3.7 billion for Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will award a $3.7 billion grant to help Puerto Rico rebuild water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and reservoirs damaged by Hur…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Indiana governor avoiding stance on GOP's Biden challenge

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb declined to say Tuesday whether he supported efforts by some fellow

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Ohio governor defends signing 'stand your ground' bill

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday defended his decision to sign into law a gun rights bill eliminating Ohioans' duty to retreat before using force.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Oklahoma House, Senate meet for organizational day

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House and Senate convened Tuesday for a constitutionally mandated organizational day at the state Capitol where each body formally voted for its leaders and seated its elected memb…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia won't affect Electoral College count

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two high-stakes runoff elections in Georgia are poised to determine which party controls the Senate over the next two years. What the contests won't do is affect the certification of Electoral Col…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Oklahoma House rejects proposed coronavirus safety measures

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-led Oklahoma House on Tuesday rejected an attempt by Democrats to require members to wear masks on the House floor and take other steps to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
COVID, budget, top agenda as Minnesota Legislature convenes

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature convened Tuesday with the COVID-19 pandemic and a new two-year budget at the top of the agenda for a session that will be unlike any before.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Louisiana lawmakers back COVID-19 rules for next elections

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana appears on track to broaden the mail-in balloting options for spring municipal elections and two upcoming special congressional elections because of the coronavirus pandemic. The e…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Most N.C. nursing home workers are refusing COVID vaccine

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top public health official said Tuesday that most nursing home workers are refusing to take coronavirus vaccines being offered in a state that has now become one of the slowest…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Lawyers for Dunleavy want part of law on appointments tossed

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for Alaska are asking a judge to strike down provisions of law dealing with government appointments amid a dispute between Gov. Mike Dunleavy and lawmakers who did not meet to consid…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Fight over close race mars first day for Pennsylvania Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bitter dispute erupted on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday when majority Republicans blocked a Democratic incumbent from being sworn in because his GOP challenger has dispute…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Islands of garbage clog rivers, threaten dam in Balkans

VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Huge islands of garbage floating on some rivers in the Balkans are causing an environmental emergency and threatening a regional hydropower plant.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Kansas GOP Sen. Moran says he'll vote to certify Biden's win

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran said Tuesday that he will vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the Electoral College, breaking with President Donald Trump and others in the GOP trying …

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has banned the leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, from the nation’s capital after he was accused of vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church a…